iOS port of Google's libphonenumber library for parsing, formatting, and validating international phone numbers.
libPhoneNumber-iOS is an iOS port of Google's libphonenumber library that provides comprehensive phone number handling for iOS and macOS apps. It solves the problem of parsing, formatting, and validating international phone numbers consistently across different regions and formats, ensuring data accuracy and user experience.
iOS and macOS developers building apps that require phone number input, validation, or formatting, such as messaging, authentication, or contact management applications.
Developers choose libPhoneNumber-iOS because it brings Google's battle-tested libphonenumber functionality to Apple platforms, offering reliable, up-to-date phone number metadata and a consistent API that works seamlessly with both Objective-C and Swift.
iOS port from libphonenumber (Google's phone number handling library)
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Based on Google's libphonenumber, it ensures accurate parsing and validation for phone numbers worldwide, using up-to-date metadata from a trusted source.
NBAsYouTypeFormatter enables real-time phone number formatting as users type, improving user experience in input fields, as demonstrated in the README examples.
Supports multiple formats including E164, international, national, and RFC3966, essential for API compatibility and consistent display across regions.
Allows associating phone numbers with geographic locations via the separate libPhoneNumberGeocoding module, though it requires additional setup.
Updating phone number metadata requires manual steps like running scripts and community contributions, as outlined in the README, which can lag behind Google's releases.
Geocoding and short number support are in separate pods (libPhoneNumberGeocoding and libPhoneNumberShortNumber), complicating dependency management and integration.
As a port from Google's Java library, the API design feels less native in Swift, with shared instances and error handling patterns that may not align with modern Swift idioms.