How to obtain the ipv6 address in Xamarin app ?

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How to obtain the ipv6 address in Xamarin app ?

Buddhima Kudagama 1

I want to get the Ipv6 address of my Android or iOS device using the Xamarin Forms app.
How can I do it?

JarvanZhang 23,971

Try to get the ip address on each platform and then use DependencyService to call the method to obtain the value in the shared project.

For example, get the ipv6 address on Android platform:

   [assembly: Xamarin.Forms.Dependency(typeof(TestImplementation))]  
   namespace TestApplication_5.Droid  
   {  
       public class TestImplementation : ITestInterface  
       {  
           public string getIPv6Address()  
           {  
               try  
               {  
                   for (var en = NetworkInterface.NetworkInterfaces; en.HasMoreElements;)  
                   {  
                       NetworkInterface intf = en.NextElement() as NetworkInterface;  
                       for (var enumIpAddr = intf.InetAddresses; enumIpAddr.HasMoreElements;)  
                       {  
                           InetAddress inetAddress = enumIpAddr.NextElement() as InetAddress;  
                           if (!inetAddress.IsLoopbackAddress && inetAddress.GetType() == typeof(Inet6Address))  
                           {  
                               string ipaddress = inetAddress.HostAddress.ToString();  
                               return ipaddress;  
                           }  
                       }  
                   }  
               }  
               catch (Exception)  
               {  
     
               }  
               return null;  
           }  
       }   
   }  
     
   //obtain the address in the shared project  
   var address = DependencyService.Get<ITestInterface>().getIPv6Address();

Buddhima Kudagama 1 Reputation point

2021-07-07T05:52:29.907+00:00

@JarvanZhang

I couldn't find a method to get the ipv6 address on iOS. Can you please share the namespaces that you have used?
JarvanZhang 23,971 Reputation points

2021-07-07T09:45:56.897+00:00

For how to get the ip address on iOS, you could check this link:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/10803584/11083277

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JarvanZhang 23,971 Reputation points

2021-07-07T04:01:20.42+00:00

Try to get the ip address on each platform and then use DependencyService to call the method to obtain the value in the shared project.

For example, get the ipv6 address on Android platform:

[assembly: Xamarin.Forms.Dependency(typeof(TestImplementation))] namespace TestApplication_5.Droid { public class TestImplementation : ITestInterface { public string getIPv6Address() { try { for (var en = NetworkInterface.NetworkInterfaces; en.HasMoreElements;) { NetworkInterface intf = en.NextElement() as NetworkInterface; for (var enumIpAddr = intf.InetAddresses; enumIpAddr.HasMoreElements;) { InetAddress inetAddress = enumIpAddr.NextElement() as InetAddress; if (!inetAddress.IsLoopbackAddress && inetAddress.GetType() == typeof(Inet6Address)) { string ipaddress = inetAddress.HostAddress.ToString(); return ipaddress; } } } } catch (Exception) { } return null; } } } //obtain the address in the shared project var address = DependencyService.Get<ITestInterface>().getIPv6Address();
Buddhima Kudagama 1 Reputation point

2021-07-07T05:52:29.907+00:00

@JarvanZhang

I couldn't find a method to get the ipv6 address on iOS. Can you please share the namespaces that you have used?
JarvanZhang 23,971 Reputation points

2021-07-07T09:45:56.897+00:00

For how to get the ip address on iOS, you could check this link:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/10803584/11083277

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