c# - Getting Windows Phone version and device name in Windows Phone 8.1 XAML

Question

In Windows Phone 8 Silverlight I use

 Environment.OSVersion.ToString()

to get Windows Phone version and

DeviceStatus.DeviceManufacturer+" "+DeviceStatus.DeviceName

to get device name.

These APIs no longer work with Windows Phone 8.1 XAML. I have found

Windows.Security.ExchangeActiveSyncProvisioning.EasClientDeviceInformation()

this seems to return the manufacturer and device name but OS is returned as just "Windows Phone".

Is there a way to get the exact Windows phone version?

Answer 1

This is currently not possible In Windows Runtime 8.1 (Phone and Windows). It does look like it might be planned thanks to Morten Nielsen and Pete Brown

EDIT: This is now possible in Windows 10. See this SO answer as well as this article for more useful features.