What's the replacement for MarketplaceReviewTask in Windows Phone 8.1 Universal Apps

Question

I\'ve looked everywhere and just can\'t find a way to launch the Rate and Review from my app. Does anyone know how to launch this task on the new Windows Phone 8.1?

Answer 1

I found a tricky way to distinguish a windows phone 8.1 against a windows phone 10, function at https://stackoverflow.com/a/37641902/3172445 based on that function i used the following code to make the rating function works on wp8.1 and wp10 (tested on Nokia Lumia 925, Nokia Lumia 735 and Nokia Lumia 930 )

        private async void OnTapRateThisApp(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            bool launched = false;
            try
            {
                // FUNCTION at https://stackoverflow.com/a/37641902/3172445
                if (this.liIsWindowsPhone81(false))
                {
                    await Windows.System.Launcher.LaunchUriAsync(new Uri("ms-windows-store:reviewapp?appid=" + CurrentApp.AppId));
                }
                else
                {
                    await Windows.System.Launcher.LaunchUriAsync(new Uri("ms-windows-store://review/?PFN=" + Package.Current.Id.FamilyName));
                }

                launched = true;
            }
            catch{}
            if (!launched)
            {
               // Unable to launch the uri
            }
        }

I want to highlight that the app on which I'm working on, is a windows phone only, is not UWP.

Hope it helps