WP8 Get current App Version

Question

I'm currently trying to get my app current version value via code. On MSDN is shown to use the property Id of the class Windows.ApplicationModel.Package:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/windows.applicationmodel.package.id.aspx

Unfortunately it seems that the property "Id" is not implemented in WP (it throws a "not implemented exception")

Is this API really supported on WP8 or maybe WP8.1? It works only for "store apps" (released)? Anyone have used it already?

I know I can parse the WMAppManifest.xml to get a value, but I need to accomplish this from an external assembly (a custom .dll), not the app assembly.

thanks F

Answer 1

You'll be able to get the version like this:

string Version = XDocument.Load("WMAppManifest.xml")
                .Root.Element("App").Attribute("Version").Value;

A better reference would be this:

Getting Application Version Windows Phone 8