How to get the current country name automatically whenever I open the application in Windows Form Application C# visual Studio?

Question

Hello guys,

I am making a project which is a simple calculator that should display the date, time and the current location country name. I finished all of these except for the country name. I have been researching for almost 5 days now for an answer or any clues on how to find the current country name based on my location.

I found the RegionInfo class which is not exactly what I want because it depends on the language that you put in the Control Panel and I want it to be based on the location.

I also found something called geolocation but didn't know how to use it I have never used it before. When I looked on YouTube I found videos showing you how to get the Longitude and latitude which is also is not what I want. I could not find something on the internet that has a similar question like mine.

Is there anyway to do this can someone help me please?

Best regards,

Malex

Answer 1

There is CivicAddress Class but it does not work on my PC

But I get the country with Windows.Devices.Geolocation :

// Add reference to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\UnionMetadata\Windows.winmd"  
// Add reference to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETCore\v4.5\System.Runtime.WindowsRuntime.dll"  
using Windows.Devices.Geolocation;  

Minimal function :

        static async void GetLocationsync()  
        {  
            var accessStatus = await Geolocator.RequestAccessAsync();  
            switch (accessStatus)  
            {  
                case GeolocationAccessStatus.Allowed:                      
                    Geolocator geolocator = new Geolocator { DesiredAccuracyInMeters = 100 };     
                    Geoposition pos = await geolocator.GetGeopositionAsync();  
                    Console.WriteLine("Country : {0}", pos.CivicAddress.Country);  
                    break;  
                case GeolocationAccessStatus.Denied:  
                    break;  
                case GeolocationAccessStatus.Unspecified:  
                    break;  
            }  
        }  

Answer 2

Otherwise, you can also check the method with System.Device.Location I posted in this thread C# Label shows Weather Information
In sLocation variable I get "Town, Country" so, if it works and you want only the country, you can extract it after the comma

Answer 3

Why not use

Require

using System.Globalization;

Code

string countryName = RegionInfo.CurrentRegion.DisplayName;
var regionName = RegionInfo.CurrentRegion.ThreeLetterWindowsRegionName;
Console.WriteLine($"{countryName}, {regionName}");