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How do you get the current battery level in .NET CF 3.5?

How - or what's the best way - to retrieve the device's current battery level in .NET CF 3.5 on Windows Mobile 5 and 6?

Solution

  • I think you want to use the Microsoft.WindowsMobile.Status namepsace (specifically the SystemState class.

    using Microsoft.WindowsMobile.Status;

...

BatteryLevel batteryLevel = SystemState.PowerBatteryStrength;
BatteryState batteryState = SystemState.PowerBatteryState;

    See this post for the full code sample.