Checking for navigator.globalization on deviceready returns undefined on iOS - ios

Question

I am using PhoneGap 2.2.0 on iOS and binding to the devicready event to see if the navigator.globalization object is there. I am getting undefined.
My code looks like this:
document.addEventListener('deviceready', onDeviceReady, false);
function onDeviceReady()
{
alert('deviceready');
navigator.globalization.getLocaleName(function(d)
{
window.localStorage.setItem('localeLanguage', d.value);
console.log('localeLanguage: is'+d.value);
},
function(error)
{
console.log('error getting locale language');
});
}
The alert('deviceready') never fires. I am really at a loss here. I'm setting up my scripts as follows.
<script src="js/jquery-1.8.2.min.js"></script>
<script src="js/jquery.mobile-1.2.0.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="cordova-2.2.0.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
//alert(typeof navigator.globalization);
</script>
<script src="js/jquery.ui.map.full.min.js"></script>
<script src="js/jquery.ui.map.services.min.js"></script>
<script src="js/jquery.i18n.min.js"></script>
<script src="js/languages.js"></script>
<script src="js/oakglobalization.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/index.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
app.initialize();
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/custom.js"></script>
Any ideas would be helpful as this is a showstopper now.

Answer 1

Try :
$(document).ready(function() {
document.addEventListener("deviceready", onDeviceReady, false);
});
to add you event listener.
And maybe try to update your cordova version. The current version is the 2.6.0.
Another point : with phonegap, use the Navigator.notification.alert method instead of the native javascript alert. More info here.
Hope this helps ! Bye !

Answer 2

Not sure if you solved it or not, but at least for me ( PG 3.3.0 ) using navigator.globalization I had to install the cordova plugin and change the XML accordingly.
command-line> cordova plugin add org.apache.cordova.globalization
config.xml>
<feature name="Globalization">
<param name="ios-package" value="CDVGlobalization" />
</feature>
On that note, it didn't work on browser emulators ( ie.: ripple ) only on the real iOS xcode emulator ...
Backup your project just in case ;)