I am running into issue and would appreciate expert’s help here. I am trying to get screen resolution so that I can use appropriate layouts/images based on phone types.
You can try load App.Current.Host.Content.ScaleFactor using reflection.
App.Current.Host.Content.ScaleFactor
I don't have my wp8 environment now, but you can see the similar solution here. They use it to create wilde tiles on wp7.8