How to get the version of a Windows Phone 8.1 app in code?

Question

Is it possible to get the version of the app while it's running?

In a Windows desktop application I can get it as follows:

System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version;

But GetExecutingAssembly() isn't available in Windows Phone 8.1.

Is there another way?

Answer 1

This is how:

PackageVersion pv = Package.Current.Id.Version;
Version version = new Version(Package.Current.Id.Version.Major, 
    Package.Current.Id.Version.Minor, 
    Package.Current.Id.Version.Revision, 
    Package.Current.Id.Version.Build);