Device Status Checker code for Windows Phone 8 C# and XAML

Introduction

In this article you will learn how to determine the device status such as total memory of the device , the hardware version, Firmware Version, Memory usage, total memory, Manufacturer, device name and whether a physical keyboard has been deployed.

Follow the simple steps

Step 1: Create a Windows Phone 8 Application project.

Step 2: Make 12 TextBlocks in MainPage.xaml to display device status.

<Grid x:Name="ContentPanel" Grid.Row="1" Margin="12,0,12,0">

<TextBlock Name="CurrentMemoryUsage" Margin="20,0,0,0" FontSize="28" Text="" />

<TextBlock Name="MemoryUsageLimit" Margin="20,50,0,0" FontSize="28" Text="" /> <TextBlock Name="PeakMemoryUsage" Margin="20,100,0,0" FontSize="28" Text="" />

<TextBlock Name="FirmwareVersion" Margin="20,150,0,0" FontSize="28" Text="" /> 

<TextBlock Name="HardwareVersion" Margin="20,200,0,0" FontSize="28" Text="" /> 

<TextBlock Name="Manufacture" Margin="20,250,0,0" FontSize="28" \

Text="" /> 

 <TextBlock Name="Name" Margin="20,300,0,0" FontSize="28" Text="" /> 

<TextBlock Name="TotalMemory" Margin="20,350,0,0" FontSize="28" Text="" /> 

 <TextBlock Name="KeyBoardDeployed" Margin="20,400,0,0" FontSize="28"
Text="" /> 

 <TextBlock Name="KeyBoardPresent" Margin="20,450,0,0" FontSize="28" Text="" /> 

<TextBlock Name="PowerSourcee" Margin="20,500,0,0" FontSize="28" Text="" /> 

 <TextBlock Name="MultiResolutionVideoSupported" Margin="20,550,0,0"  FontSize="28" Text="">

</Grid>


Step 3: Add the directive in Mainpage.xaml.cs


using Microsoft.Phone.Info;

Step 4: Now we will use static methods and properties of DeviceStatus class to find out different status of device.


After initialize component write following Code

 CurrentMemoryUsage.Text = "Current Memory  Usage:" + DeviceStatus.ApplicationCurrentMemoryUsage;MemoryUsageLimit.Text = "Memory Usage Limit: " + DeviceStatus.ApplicationMemoryUsageLimit;

PeakMemoryUsage.Text = "Peak Memory Usage: " + DeviceStatus.ApplicationPeakMemoryUsage;

FirmwareVersion.Text = "Firmware Version: " + DeviceStatus.DeviceFirmwareVersion;

HardwareVersion.Text = "Hardware Version: " + DeviceStatus.DeviceHardwareVersion;

Manufacture.Text = "Manufacturer: " + DeviceStatus.DeviceManufacturer;

Name.Text = "Name: " + DeviceStatus.DeviceName;TotalMemory.Text = "Total Memory: " + DeviceStatus.DeviceTotalMemory;

KeyBoardDeployed.Text = "IsKeyboardDeployed: " + DeviceStatus.IsKeyboardDeployed;

KeyBoardPresent.Text = "IsKeyboardPresent: " + DeviceStatus.IsKeyboardPresent;

PowerSource.Text = "Power Source: " + PowerSource.ToString();

txtMultiResolutionVideoSupported.Text = "Multi Res Video Supported: " +MediaCapabilities.IsMultiResolutionVideoSupported;



//Create two event handlers for keyboard and Power source




DeviceStatus.KeyboardDeployedChanged += new EventHandler(Device_KeyboardDeployedChanged);

DeviceStatus.PowerSourceChanged += new EventHandler(Device_PowerSourceChanged);

Step 5: Now Add the following code to Device_KeyboardDeployedChanged event and Device_PowerSourceChanged event.

void Device_KeyboardDeployedChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(() => 
   {
      KeyBoardDeployed.Text = DeviceStatus.IsKeyboardDeployed.ToString()
   });

}

void Device_PowerSourceChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(()=>
   {
      txtPowerSource.Text = DeviceStatus.PowerSource.ToString();
   });
}

Step 3: Now run the application.

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