Determine User Location

Question

Hi,

ia m trying to determine the user location so that. can redirect to the store page based on his location (which is the country or state)

I know it can be done with Xamarin Essentials but what if he did not grant the access?

i though of getting the location from his IP.

I tried below code:

private string GetLocalAddress()
{
    var host = Dns.GetHostEntry(Dns.GetHostName());
    foreach (var ip in host.AddressList)
    {
        if (ip.AddressFamily == AddressFamily.InterNetwork)
        {
            return ip.ToString();
        }
    }

    throw new Exception("Local IP Address Not Found!");
}

but getting:

System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: Could not resolve host 'iPhone'

Kindly advise..

Answer 1

The method : Get the user's location works for me (Windows 10, VS 2019)
(test in a Winforms app, without "location capability", I get GeolocationAccessStatus.Allowed and the right location
with Geoposition pos = await geolocator.GetGeopositionAsync();)