Operator and Network information code in C# and XAML for Windows Phone 8

Introduction:

When you create a Windows Phone app, you might want to get operator and network information for the user’s phone.You can do it by considering the following steps.

Open visual studio and create a Blank Project.

Step 1: Create text blocks inside the grid in MainPage.xaml

<Grid x:Name="ContentPanel" Grid.Row="1" Margin="12,0,12,0">   <TextBlock Name="Operator" Margin="20,100,0,0"  FontSize="28" Text="" />   <TextBlock Name="NetWork" Margin="20,150,0,0" FontSize="28" Text="" />   <TextBlock Name="Cellular" Margin="20,200,0,0" FontSize="28" Text="" />   <TextBlock Name="Roaming" Margin="20,250,0,0" FontSize="28" Text="" />   <TextBlock Name="Wifi" Margin="20,300,0,0" FontSize="28" Text="" /> 

</Grid>

Step 2: Add Network Information using directive.

using Microsoft.Phone.Net.NetworkInformation;

Step 3: Place below code in the constructor of the MainPage.xaml.cs

Operator.Text = "Operator: " + DeviceNetworkInformation.CellularMobileOperator;

NetWork.Text = "Network: " + DeviceNetworkInformation.IsNetworkAvailable;

Cellular.Text = "Cellular:" + DeviceNetworkInformation.IsCellularDataEnabled;

Roaming.Text = "Roaming: " + DeviceNetworkInformation.IsCellularDataRoamingEnabled;

Wifi.Text = "WiFi: " + DeviceNetworkInformation.IsWiFiEnabled;

Step 4: Run the application

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