How to know if your Xamarin.Forms application is running on a mobile phone or on an emulator

Question

Good morning , How to know if your Xamarin.Forms application is running on a mobile phone or on an emulator like Bluestacks. , ,NoxPlayer, MEmu Play, LDPLayer, GameLoop, Anbox, Android Studio. I need to know if my application is running on a PC or Phone. Sincerely ,

Answer 1

Hello,

In Xamairn, you could implement this requirement using the official DeviceType.

Please refer to the following documentation and sample code.

• DeviceType Enum.

private void Button_Clicked(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    switch (DeviceInfo.DeviceType)
    {
        case DeviceType.Unknown:
            break;
        case DeviceType.Physical:
            Console.WriteLine("device");
            break;
        case DeviceType.Virtual:
            Console.WriteLine("emulator");
            break;
        default:
            break;
    }
}

Best Regards,

Alec Liu.

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