How to get the app version from ContentPage?

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I tried this: iPhone MonoTouch - Get Version of Bundle

NSBundle.MainBundle.ObjectForInfoDictionary("CFBundleVersion").ToString();

But this didn't work. As NSBundle can't be found.

How can I get the app version (iOS and Android) from ContentPage?

The code which i ended up with (thanks to Steven Thewissen):

PCL (shared code)

using System;
namespace MyApp.Interfaces
{
    public interface IApplicationVersion
    {
        string ApplicationsPublicVersion { get; set; }
        string ApplicationsPrivateVersion { get; set; }
    }
}

Android

using System;
using MyApp.Droid.Helpers;
using MyApp.Interfaces;
using Xamarin.Forms;

[assembly: Dependency(typeof(ApplicationVersion))]
namespace MyApp.Droid.Helpers
{
    public class ApplicationVersion : IApplicationVersion
    {
        public string ApplicationsPublicVersion { get; set; }
        public string ApplicationsPrivateVersion { get; set; }

        public ApplicationVersion()
        {
            var context = Android.App.Application.Context;
            var info = context.PackageManager.GetPackageInfo(context.PackageName, 0);

            ApplicationsPublicVersion = info.VersionName;
            ApplicationsPrivateVersion = info.VersionCode.ToString();
        }
    }
}

iOS

using System;
using MyApp.Interfaces;
using MyApp.iOS.Helpers;
using Foundation;
using Xamarin.Forms;

[assembly: Dependency(typeof(ApplicationVersion))]
namespace MyApp.iOS.Helpers
{
    public class ApplicationVersion : IApplicationVersion
    {
        public string ApplicationsPublicVersion { get; set; }
        public string ApplicationsPrivateVersion { get; set; }

        public ApplicationVersion()
        {
            ApplicationsPublicVersion = NSBundle.MainBundle.InfoDictionary[new NSString("CFBundleShortVersionString")].ToString();
            ApplicationsPrivateVersion = NSBundle.MainBundle.InfoDictionary[new NSString("CFBundleVersion")].ToString();
        }
    }
}
3 Answers

If you don't want to use dependency services, you can just use the class VersionTracking.

The property VersionTracking.CurrentVersion will give you the Version you can set in your Android properties and your iOS info.plist.

This class is provided by Xamarin.Essentials and can give you a lot of informations. Please, check the documentation here for more informations.

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