How to access Application Manifest (WMAppManifest.xml) file at runtime

This article explains how to access windows phone application Manifest file in Windows Phone 7 application

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Code Example

Source file: File:ReadWMAppManifest.zip

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Tested with

SDK: Windows Phone 7.1

Devices(s): "Nokia Lumia 710"

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Compatibility

Platform(s): Windows Phone 7

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Article

Created: pavan.pareta (02 Jun 2012)

Last edited: hamishwillee (30 Nov 2012)

Introduction

How to access “WMAppManifest.xml”; using silverlight c# code in Windows Phone application. In this article we will discuss Application Manifest file called WMAppManifest.xml file and it is available in Properties folder of your project in the Solution Explorer. Manifest file contains details about the application, such as the App ID Title, RuntimeType, Version, Genre, Author, Description, Publisher and the application capabilities.

Here is few approach to access WMAppManifest.xml file.

1 - Linq approach :

 private string ReadWMAppManifest()
{
    string wmData = string.Empty;
    System.Xml.Linq.XElement appxml = System.Xml.Linq.XElement.Load("WMAppManifest.xml");
    var appElement = (from manifestData in appxml.Descendants("App") select manifestData).SingleOrDefault();
 
    if (appElement != null)
    {
        wmData = "ProductID = " + appElement.Attribute("ProductID").Value + Environment.NewLine;
 
        wmData += "Title = " + appElement.Attribute("Title").Value + Environment.NewLine;
        wmData += "RuntimeType = " + appElement.Attribute("RuntimeType").Value + Environment.NewLine;
        wmData += "Version = " + appElement.Attribute("Version").Value + Environment.NewLine;
        wmData += "Genre = " + appElement.Attribute("Genre").Value + Environment.NewLine;
        wmData += "Author = " + appElement.Attribute("Author").Value + Environment.NewLine;
        wmData += "Description = " + appElement.Attribute("Description").Value + Environment.NewLine;
        wmData += "Publisher = " + appElement.Attribute("Publisher").Value + Environment.NewLine;
    }
 
    appElement = (from manifestData in appxml.Descendants("PrimaryToken") select manifestData).SingleOrDefault();
 
    if (appElement != null)
    {
        wmData += "TokenID = " + appElement.Attribute("TokenID").Value + Environment.NewLine;
    }
 
    return wmData;
}

2 - Linq approach using single line statement :

string strTitle = (from manifest in System.Xml.Linq.XElement.Load("WMAppManifest.xml").Descendants("App") select manifest).SingleOrDefault().Attribute("Title").Value;

3 - XML approach :

private string GetDataXMLApproach()
{
    string wmData = string.Empty;
 
    StreamResourceInfo xml = App.GetResourceStream(new Uri("WMAppManifest.xml", UriKind.Relative));
    XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(xml.Stream);
 
 
    while (reader.Read())
    {
        if (reader.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Element)
        {
            if (reader.Name == "App")
            {
                while (reader.MoveToNextAttribute())
                {
                    wmData += reader.Name + " : " + reader.Value + Environment.NewLine;
                }
 
            }
        }
    }
 
    return wmData;
}