Locale.GetISOLanguages Method

Definition

Returns a list of all 2-letter language codes and some of 3-letter codes defined in ISO 639.

[Android.Runtime.Register("getISOLanguages", "()[Ljava/lang/String;", "")]
public static string[] GetISOLanguages ();
[<Android.Runtime.Register("getISOLanguages", "()[Ljava/lang/String;", "")>]
static member GetISOLanguages : unit -> string[]

Returns

String[]

An array of ISO 639 language codes.

Attributes

Remarks

Returns a list of all 2-letter language codes and some of 3-letter codes defined in ISO 639. Can be used to create Locales.

<b>Note:</b> <ul> <li>ISO 639 is not a stable standard&mdash; some languages' codes have changed. The list this function returns includes both the new and the old codes for the languages whose codes have changed. <li>The Locale class also supports language codes up to 8 characters in length. Therefore, the list returned by this method does not contain ALL valid codes that can be used to create Locales. </ul>

Java documentation for java.util.Locale.getISOLanguages().

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Applies to