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    <p>I made a function that extracts a <strong>user name</strong> from the device name.</p> <p>The idea is to <strong>skip setup steps to allow the user to go straight to play</strong> upon starting the app the first time. </p> <p><strong>This is a sub-optimal approach</strong>, as I can never trust the device name to hold the name of the user. The question is: <strong>What is a better way to do this?</strong></p> <p>My function below gets the right name ...</p> <ul> <li>... if the default name of the device has not changed ("Sanna's iPod")</li> <li>... in English,</li> <li>... in French and similar ("iPod de Sanna")</li> <li>... in Swedish and similar ("Sannas iPod") if the name does not end with S ("Johannes iPod" => returns "Johanne" but should rather return "Johannes" to be correct, as the name itself ends with an S.)</li> </ul> <p>It obviously does not get the name right if the user has changed the name of the device to something else than the default form.</p> <pre><code>- (NSString *) extractPlayerNameFromDeviceName: (NSString *) deviceName { // get words in device name NSArray *words = [deviceName componentsSeparatedByString:@" "]; NSMutableArray *substrings = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init]; for (NSString *word in words) { NSArray *subwords = [word componentsSeparatedByString:@"'"]; [substrings addObjectsFromArray:subwords]; } // find the name part of the device name NSString *playerName = [NSString stringWithString: @""]; for (NSString *word in substrings) { if ([word compare:@"iPhone"] != 0 &amp;&amp; [word compare:@"iPod"] != 0 &amp;&amp; [word compare:@"iPad"] != 0 &amp;&amp; [word length] &gt; 2) { playerName = word; } } // remove genitive unichar lastChar = [playerName characterAtIndex:[playerName length] - 1]; if (lastChar == 's') { playerName = [playerName substringToIndex:[playerName length] - 1]; } lastChar = [playerName characterAtIndex:[playerName length] - 1]; if (lastChar == '\'') { playerName = [playerName substringToIndex:[playerName length] - 1]; } return playerName; } </code></pre> <p>I use it for suggesting a username in my app. This way, most users won't have to bother writing their usernames.</p> <p>My app is not connected to any other service like iTunes or Facebook, but every user needs a user name. So how do I get the name?</p>
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    1. COIs the service useable outside the application? I mean on the PC for example?
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    3. CO@HenriNormak: No, this is an app for iPhone/iPod that basically never is supposed to connects anywhere.
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