Windows Store App: How to detect if on mobile?

Hello,

I would like to be able to detect if my Windows Store app is running on a mobile device?

This is because I want to hide the exit button in the menu on mobile devices but show it on desktop devices.

I have tried RuntimePlatform but the only options for WSA are WSAPlayerX86, WSAPlayerX64, and WSAPlayerARM. This doesn't work when there are ARM laptops and x68/x64 phones/tablets.

Does anybody else have a reliable method?

Thanks,
-Tristan

 

If you build for the Universal 10 platform, I think it is possible to use Windows.System.Profile.AnalyticsInfo.VersionInfo.DeviceFamily to detect device family. See
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/windows.system.profile.analyticsinfo.aspx

This will tell you if device is "Mobile", "Desktop", "Xbox" etc.

Note that this API is meant for telemetry/profiling.

 

When the application is in full-screen, that button is not visible and I'd rather not force my users exit fullscreen to be able to exit the game using a mouse.

However, this does give me another idea. I think I will only show the button if a mouse is present. That should work.

 

In case anyone is interested, this solution seems to be working:

Code (CSharp):

1.         //show exit button if there is a mouse
2.         if (Input.mousePresent) {
3.             exitButton.gameObject.SetActive(true);
4.         }
5.  
6.         //override exit button visibility for certain platforms
7. #if UNITY_STANDALONE
8.         exitButton.gameObject.SetActive(true);
9. #elif UNITY_WEBPLAYER || UNITY_WEBGL
10.         exitButton.gameObject.SetActive(false);
11. #endif

 

I don't now if this is a problem, but what happens when your game is running on a Surface Pro 4 using pen or touch?

Another idea is to detect if device has hardware (or software emulated) back button present, and only hide the exit button when device back button is present.

Code (CSharp):

1. if (ApiInformation.IsApiContractPresent("Windows.Phone.PhoneContract",1,0))
2. {
3.   //device has hardware or software emulated back button
4. }

 

This is excellent!

 

Indeed, after some testing I went back to my original solution.

 

This is what I use

Code (CSharp):

1. public static bool IsWindowsStorePhone()
2.     {
3. #if UNITY_WP_8_1
4.         return true;
5. #else
6.         return false;
7. #endif
8.     }

 

use SystemInfo.supportsVibration

 

What if I plug a controller into my PC?

What if I am using a Windows 10 phone?

 

SystemInfo.deviceType==DeviceType.Desktop
It works with 5.4.0b13

 

i would like the give the user option to change resolution in the desktop app but not in the mobile app. how would i do that in universal 10 app?
SystemInfo.deviceType==DeviceType.Desktop, is this the best way to do it?

 

This is the code I use for checking windows store build for desktop and mobile.

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2.     public static bool IsWindowsStoreDesktop()
3.     {
4. #if UNITY_WSA
5.         return IsWindowsStorePhone() == false;
6. #else
7.         return false;
8. #endif
9.        
10.     }
11.  
12.     public static bool IsWindowsStorePhone()
13.     {
14. #if UNITY_WP_8_1
15.         return true;
16. #else
17.         return false;
18. #endif
19.     }