Determine User Location

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Determine User Location

Anonymous

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..

AgaveJoe 30,396 Reputation points

2021-07-15T14:02:55.263+00:00

How are you testing? A phone has an IP address if it is on a network not through cell service.
Anonymous

2021-07-15T14:04:52.897+00:00

I am testing on iPhone (data) and (WiFi)
JarvanZhang 23,971 Reputation points

2021-07-16T06:04:36.5+00:00

can redirect to the store page based on his location (which is the country or state)

Hi, JassimAlRahma-9056. I tested the code in a basic sample, it works fine. There is not exception occured. You can create a specialized storage category for some users who don't want to provide location permissions. To protect user privacy, apps that use location services must request location permissions. We should not try to get the location without granting the permission.

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AgaveJoe 30,396 Reputation points

2021-07-15T14:02:55.263+00:00

How are you testing? A phone has an IP address if it is on a network not through cell service.
Anonymous

2021-07-15T14:04:52.897+00:00

I am testing on iPhone (data) and (WiFi)
JarvanZhang 23,971 Reputation points

2021-07-16T06:04:36.5+00:00

can redirect to the store page based on his location (which is the country or state)

Hi, JassimAlRahma-9056. I tested the code in a basic sample, it works fine. There is not exception occured. You can create a specialized storage category for some users who don't want to provide location permissions. To protect user privacy, apps that use location services must request location permissions. We should not try to get the location without granting the permission.

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Castorix31 91,406

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();)

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