3 Answers

• I'm looking for the same thing. There is a way to do it on the iPhone in object-c so hopefully if not already, the Appcelerator team will look into an implementation. I'm guessing there is a similar way on the Android.

  I realize I'm posting Objective-C, but just in case an Appcelerator developer decides to implement it, I'll put a couple ways I've seen to do it….

  Method 1:

  NSLocale *locale = [NSLocale currentLocale];
  NSString *countryCode = [locale objectForKey: NSLocaleCountryCode];
  
  NSString *countryName = [locale displayNameForKey: NSLocaleCountryCode
                           value: countryCode];
  

  Method 2: (iOS 4+)

  #import <CoreTelephony/CTTelephonyNetworkInfo.h>
  #import <CoreTelephony/CTCarrier.h>
  
  CTTelephonyNetworkInfo *netInfo = [[CTTelephonyNetworkInfo alloc] init];
  CTCarrier *carrier = [netInfo subscriberCellularProvider];
  NSString *mcc = [carrier mobileCountryCode];
  

• Maybe you can open a hidden webview including MaxMind JS api:

  http://www.maxmind.com/app/javascript

  Example:
  Country Code: TR
  Country Name: Turkey

  Source code:

  <script language="JavaScript" src="http://j.maxmind.com/app/country.js"></script>
  <br>Country Code:
  <script language="JavaScript">document.write(geoip_country_code());</script>
  <br>Country Name:
  <script language="JavaScript">document.write(geoip_country_name());</script>
  

• I was hoping to be able to do this without the need to perform a web request. If I need to do this I would use the google geocoding service which turns a lat,lng from the gps into a location: http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng=40.714224,-73.961452&sensor=true

  I guess this might be the way to go for me.