Get Screen Resolution in Win10 UWP App

Question

As an UWP App runs in window mode on common desktop systems the \"old\" way of getting the screen resolution won\'t work anymore.

Old Resolution with Window.C

Answer 1

Call this method anywhere, anytime (tested in mobile/desktop App):

public static Size GetCurrentDisplaySize() {
    var displayInformation = DisplayInformation.GetForCurrentView();
    TypeInfo t = typeof(DisplayInformation).GetTypeInfo();
    var props = t.DeclaredProperties.Where(x => x.Name.StartsWith("Screen") && x.Name.EndsWith("InRawPixels")).ToArray();
    var w = props.Where(x => x.Name.Contains("Width")).First().GetValue(displayInformation);
    var h = props.Where(x => x.Name.Contains("Height")).First().GetValue(displayInformation);
    var size = new Size(System.Convert.ToDouble(w), System.Convert.ToDouble(h));
    switch (displayInformation.CurrentOrientation) {
    case DisplayOrientations.Landscape:
    case DisplayOrientations.LandscapeFlipped:
        size = new Size(Math.Max(size.Width, size.Height), Math.Min(size.Width, size.Height));
        break;
    case DisplayOrientations.Portrait:
    case DisplayOrientations.PortraitFlipped:
        size = new Size(Math.Min(size.Width, size.Height), Math.Max(size.Width, size.Height));
        break;
    }
    return size;
}