How to retrieve the Screen Resolution of Windows Phone 8 using C# ?

Here’s a simple tip that lets you retrieve the Screen Resolution of Windows Phone 8 using C# .

You can use the Property ScaleFactor defined in the App.Current.Host.Content class to identify the scale factor .

string WindowsPhoneScreenResolution = App.Current.Host.Content.ScaleFactor.ToString();

txtScreenResolution.Text = WindowsPhoneScreenResolution;

This property will return the values 100 , 150 and 160 .

The below table illustrates what resolution , the scalefactor maps to.

• WVGA = 100
• WXGA = 160
• 720P = 150