Detect if application running on Microsoft Surface RT?

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Is there an easy way to detect if my C# Windows 8 Store application is running on a Microsoft Surface RT vs a Surface Pro 1/2/3 vs something else?

What scenario are you trying to accomplish? – ehdv May 23 '14 at 23:03 — ehdv, May 23 '14 at 23:03

Cœur · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-01T11:55:34.580

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Source code: https://github.com/AttackPattern/CSharpAnalytics/tree/master/Source/CSharpAnalytics/SystemInfo

Usage:

var Model = await WindowsStoreSystemInfo.GetDeviceModelAsync();

Examples on my devices:

Model: "MacBookPro9,2"
Model: "Surface with Windows RT"
Model: "Surface with Windows 8"

I don't have Surface 2 or 3, so I can't tell, but I think they give "Surface Pro 2" or "Surface Pro 3". Needs to be confirmed.

edited Aug 01 '14 at 11:55

answered Aug 01 '14 at 11:39

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Thanks, I figured it would require something like that. I only have a Surface RT hopefully someone else can confirm with Surface Pro 2 or 3. – Scott Lerch Aug 01 '14 at 22:49

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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I doubt there's an API to detect a specific brand of hardware. There were questions before about detecting which version of Windows you are running with answers that might help, but overall - you shouldn't use that knowledge in your app.

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answered May 22 '14 at 22:49

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 01 '14 at 09:43

Application Insights.

You can identify what users are doing in your app as well as the type of operating system they have. This is supported on Visual Studio 2013 Update 2.

You don't have to do any coding to get basic data such as session time, OS, screen resolution, app version.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn509554.aspx

Detect if application running on Microsoft Surface RT?

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