How to get app version in Windows Phone?

Question

In C# one can use System.Version.Assembly to get the version of a running app. However this doesn\'t appear to exist in Silverlight for Windows Phone. Is there an alternat

Answer 1

public static string GetAsemblyVersion()
{
    return Convert.ToString(Assembly.GetCallingAssembly().GetName().Version);
}

Answer 2

If you have moved over to Windows Phone 8, you can simply use the newer PackageId class:

var version = Package.Current.Id.Version;

Answer 3

Windows Phone 8.1:

using System.Reflection;

// ...

Version version = typeof(MainPage).GetTypeInfo().Assembly.GetName().Version;

Answer 4

You can use the GetExecutingAssembly method and the AssemblyName class to find this information.

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  var nameHelper = new AssemblyName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().FullName);

  var version = nameHelper.Version;
  var full = nameHelper.FullName;
  var name = nameHelper.Name;

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Answer 5

Simply use this line to get the Application Name and Id, publisher name etc...

string name = Windows.ApplicationModel.Package.Current.DisplayName;