Is it possible to get the country name by giving the postal code of the user?
I looked at the Core Location Framework, but it doesn't look to work the other way around by given the Postal Code and finding the Country name.
The Core Location framework (CoreLocation.framework) provides location
and heading information to apps. For location information, the
framework uses the onboard GPS, cell, or Wi-Fi radios to find the
user’s current longitude and latitude.
I hope there is a class on iOS SDK, I really don't want to use one of the Google Maps APIs
Yes, your solution can be found within the iOS SDK.
Hook up a text field to this action:
- (IBAction)doSomethingButtonClicked:(id) sender
{
CLGeocoder *geocoder = [[CLGeocoder alloc] init];
[geocoder geocodeAddressString:yourZipCodeGoesHereTextField.text completionHandler:^(NSArray *placemarks, NSError *error) {
if(error != nil)
{
NSLog(@"error from geocoder is %@", [error localizedDescription]);
} else {
for(CLPlacemark *placemark in placemarks){
NSString *city1 = [placemark locality];
NSLog(@"city is %@",city1);
NSLog(@"country is %@",[placemark country]);
// you'll see a whole lotta stuff is available
// in the placemark object here...
NSLog(@"%@",[placemark description]);
}
}
}];
}
I don't know if iOS supports postal codes for all countries, but it definitely works for the UK (e.g. postal code of "YO258UH") and Canada ("V3H5H1")
