How to Get My Android Device Country Code Without Using Gps

How can I get my Android device country code without using GPS?

You shouldn't be passing anything in to getCountry(). Remove Locale.getDefault():

String locale = context.getResources().getConfiguration().locale.getCountry();

Where am I? - Get country

This will get the country code set for the phone (phones language, NOT user location):

 String locale = context.getResources().getConfiguration().locale.getCountry(); 

can also replace getCountry() with getISO3Country() to get a 3 letter ISO code for the country. This will get the country name:

 String locale = context.getResources().getConfiguration().locale.getDisplayCountry();

This seems easier than the other methods and rely upon the localisation settings on the phone, so if a US user is abroad they probably still want Fahrenheit and this will work :)

Editors note: This solution has nothing to do with the location of the phone. It is constant. When you travel to Germany locale will NOT change. In short: locale != location.

How can I get the country (or its ISO code)?

I solved it by IP Address. You can get the IP address of your phone. If you are using Wi-Fi then it will be the IP address of the Wi-Fi hotspot or IP address of your mobile service provider server, so from that IP address you can send to a web service or something to track the country of that IP address.

There are some sources (database) available if Internet which provides the country of IP address.

Here is the example http://whatismyipaddress.com/ip-lookup.

How can I get a user's country location?

You can check if user is in the EU by requesting the URL http://adservice.google.com/getconfig/pubvendors. It gives you an answer like this:

{"is_request_in_eea_or_unknown":true}

Somewhere I've read that it is the way the Android consent SDK works.

How to get user country without gps

it can be done by two ways

1. get the IP address of user but it works only with internet connection

2. the best way is to get the local country of the device itself with the use of
   react-native-device-info

const deviceCountry = DeviceInfo.getDeviceCountry(); // "US", "IN"

ref: react-native-device-info#getdevicecountry

Get current location name of user without using gps or internet but by using Network_Provider in android

What you are referring to here (showing location name on older phones) is done using "Cell Broadcast" (or "CB"). This has absolutely nothing to do with the Location API or any variations on that.

Cell towers can send out broadcast information that can be received by devices (something like "one to many SMS"). Some operators have used Cell Broadcast to broadcast the name of the location where the cell tower is. Some operators have used Cell Broadcast to broadcast the location (lat/long) of the cell tower. Some operators have used Cell Broadcast to send advertising tickers. There are no standards for the information contained in a CB broadcast message and each mobile operator can choose to use this or not.

Since most operators do not send these messages, it probably doesn't make sense to invest any time in trying to receive and decode them. But if you want to try, you can register a BroadcastReceiver listening for this Intent action: android.provider.Telephony.SMS_CB_RECEIVED. See the documentation for more details about what data is contained in the Intent.

How do I get the country code of a user on Android?

To get the country code stored in the sim card of the phone you can try

TelephonyManager telephonyManager = (TelephonyManager)context.getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
telephonyManager.getSimCountryIso();

You can try also:

 Locale locale = Locale.getDefault();
 locale.getCountry();

This returns the data from the language/Country stated from the user and not the physical location.

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