Package Information

Tip

This article covers Uno-specific information for ApplicationModel. For a full description of the feature and instructions on using it, see Windows.ApplicationModel Namespace.

• The Windows.ApplicationModel.PackageId class allows retrieving information about the application package.

PackageId

Android

• Due to the fact that version strings can be arbitrary on Android, we first try to parse PackageInfo.VersionName, if it fails, we try to use PackageInfo.LongVersionCode and if that fails (this is a long value while UWP uses ushort), we fall back to default to avoid exceptions (1.0.0.0).
• FamilyName and Name properties have the same value as the Publisher and cannot be retrieved programmatically.
• FullName property ends with the value of LongVersionCode, similar to UWP where it contains the app version.

iOS

• Version strings may potentially be arbitrary on iOS as well (such version string would fail validation only during App Store upload), so we first try to parse the user-facing CFBundleShortVersionString, if it fails, we try to use CFBundleVersion and if that fails, we fall back to default to avoid exceptions (1.0.0.0).
• FamilyName and Name properties have the same value as the Publisher cannot be retrieved programmatically.
• FullName property ends with the value of CFBundleVersion similarly to UWP where it contains the app version.