Retrieve Package Identity and Installed Location in Windows Store Apps

Gaurav Gupta
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In this article we are going to see how to retrieve the current application's identity and it's installed location in Windows Store Apps using C#.

In Windows Store Apps, identity consists of several things such as Version, packageId, Publisher, Full Name etc.

Here I use the Package API to retrieve the current application's identity and current package's installed location.

Here is the procedure.

Step 1

Create a new Blank Windows Store Application using C#.

Step 2

In the MainPage.XAML create the following markup.

<Page

x:Class="application_Package_Information.MainPage"

xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"

xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"

xmlns:local="using:application_Package_Information"

xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"

xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"

mc:Ignorable="d">

<Grid.RowDefinitions>

</Grid.RowDefinitions>

</StackPanel>

</Grid>

</Page>

Step 3

Here is the code of .cs file.

Add the following namespace to use the API:

using Windows.ApplicationModel;

Get the current Package using the Package API, as in:

Package package = Package.Current;

Get the Installed Location of the Package, as in:

Windows.Storage.StorageFolder installedLocation = Package.Current.InstalledLocation;

Reterive all the identity of the application and show in a textblock, as in:

OutputTextBlock.Text = String.Format("Name: \"{0}\"\n" +

"Version: {1}\n" +

"Architecture: {2}\n" +

"ResourceId: \"{3}\"\n" +

"Publisher: \"{4}\"\n" +

"PublisherId: \"{5}\"\n" +

"FullName: \"{6}\"\n" +

"FamilyName: \"{7}\"\n" +

"IsFramework: \"{8}\"\n"+

"Installed Location: {9}",

packageId.Name,

versionString(packageId.Version),

architectureString(packageId.Architecture),

packageId.ResourceId,

packageId.Publisher,

packageId.PublisherId,

packageId.FullName,

packageId.FamilyName,

package.IsFramework,

installedLocation.Path);

Here is the full code:

using System;

using Windows.ApplicationModel;

using Windows.Foundation;

using Windows.UI.Xaml;

using Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls;

using Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Primitives;

using Windows.UI.Xaml.Navigation;

namespace application_Package_Information

{

public sealed partial class MainPage : Page

{

public MainPage()

{

this.InitializeComponent();

}

protected override void OnNavigatedTo(NavigationEventArgs e)

{

}

String versionString(PackageVersion version)

{

return String.Format("{0}.{1}.{2}.{3}",

version.Major, version.Minor, version.Build, version.Revision);

}

String architectureString(Windows.System.ProcessorArchitecture architecture)

{

switch (architecture)

{

case Windows.System.ProcessorArchitecture.X86:

return "x86";

case Windows.System.ProcessorArchitecture.Arm:

return "arm";

case Windows.System.ProcessorArchitecture.X64:

return "x64";

case Windows.System.ProcessorArchitecture.Neutral:

return "neutral";

case Windows.System.ProcessorArchitecture.Unknown:

return "unknown";

default:

return "???";

}

void GetPackage_Click(Object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)

{

Package package = Package.Current;

PackageId packageId = package.Id;

Windows.Storage.StorageFolder installedLocation = Package.Current.InstalledLocation;