From 1e0c82a8d49f4eb9d0ce31246be744307900a432 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Neli Chakarova <nchakaro@nchakaromac.local>
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 15:41:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] region property added;chnage in how to get the language
 in android

---
 platform/platform.android.ts | 11 ++++++++++-
 platform/platform.ios.ts     |  9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/platform/platform.android.ts b/platform/platform.android.ts
index 69f008092..148d5bcab 100644
--- a/platform/platform.android.ts
+++ b/platform/platform.android.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export class device implements definition.device {
     private static _deviceType: string;
     private static _uuid: string;
     private static _language: string;
+    private static _region: string;
 
     static get os(): string {
         return platformNames.android;
@@ -85,11 +86,19 @@ export class device implements definition.device {
 
     static get language(): string {
         if (!device._language) {
-            device._language = java.util.Locale.getDefault().toString();
+            device._language = java.util.Locale.getDefault().getLanguage();
         }
 
         return device._language;
     }
+
+    static get region(): string {
+        if(!device._region) {
+            device._region = java.util.Locale.getDefault().getCountry();
+        }
+
+        return device._region;
+    }
 }
 
 var mainScreen: MainScreen;
diff --git a/platform/platform.ios.ts b/platform/platform.ios.ts
index 1f76a58c5..d5e0c3a32 100644
--- a/platform/platform.ios.ts
+++ b/platform/platform.ios.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export class device implements definition.device {
     private static _sdkVersion: string;
     private static _deviceType: string;
     private static _language: string;
+    private static _region: string;
 
     static get manufacturer(): string {
         return "Apple";
@@ -84,6 +85,14 @@ export class device implements definition.device {
         
         return device._language;
     }
+
+    static get region(): string {
+        if(!device._region) {
+            device._region = NSLocale.currentLocale().objectForKey(NSLocaleCountryCode);
+        }
+
+        return device._region;
+    }
 }
 
 var mainScreen: MainScreen;

From 68ca2bbd2e3f52b34f8ea81b35d139872ec15e43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Neli Chakarova <nchakaro@nchakaromac.local>
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 15:52:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] region property added in platform.d.ts

---
 platform/platform.d.ts | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/platform/platform.d.ts b/platform/platform.d.ts
index ddae89346..21f639f84 100644
--- a/platform/platform.d.ts
+++ b/platform/platform.d.ts
@@ -61,9 +61,14 @@ declare module "platform" {
          static uuid: string;
 
         /**
-         * Gets the preferred language. For example "en" or "en_US"
+         * Gets the preferred language. For example "en"
          */
         static language: string;
+
+        /**
+         * Gets the preferred region. For example "US"
+         */
+        static region: string;
     }
 
     /**