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Carl R.
Carl R.

Reputation: 113

Proper way to detect that a UWP app is running on a small-screen device (phone)

Having read about this, I feel there is still an un-answered question about detecting whether a UWP app is running on a device where it would be appropriate to display in portrait only.

The optimal page layouts for our UWP app are such that on a phone, it's best that we disable landscape mode (we don't need such a restriction for larger format devices). What would be the best-practice approach to accomplish this?

Upvotes: 6

Views: 2422

Answers (4)

yadejo
yadejo

Reputation: 1968

You can detect the device family using AnalyticsInfo.VersionInfo.DeviceFamily.

if(AnalyticsInfo.VersionInfo.DeviceFamily == "Windows.Mobile") {
    // It's a phone
}
else {
    // It's not a phone
}

Upvotes: 17

user2243952
user2243952

Reputation: 277

You can also test with hardware buttons availability , but not every phone has them !

public  Platform DetectPlatform()
        {
            bool isHardwareButtonsAPIPresent = ApiInformation.IsTypePresent("Windows.Phone.UI.Input.HardwareButtons");

            if (isHardwareButtonsAPIPresent)
            {
                return Platform.WindowsPhone;
            }
            else
            {
                return Platform.Windows;
            }
        }

Upvotes: 1

user2243952
user2243952

Reputation: 277

 if ((Window.Current.Bounds.Width < 640) && (Window.Current.Bounds.Height < 550))
                {
                          //Do something
                }

Best of luck .

Upvotes: 1

Ken Tucker
Ken Tucker

Reputation: 4156

You can check for the hardware back button. Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ApiInformation.IsTypePresent("Windows.Phone.UI.Input.HardwareButtons")

Upvotes: 0

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