I am currently trying to port an administrative console application over to a Win 10 UWP app. I am having trouble with using the System.Net.Dns from the following console code.
How can I get the devices IP
Here is the console app code that I am trying to port over.
public static string GetIP4Address()
{
string IP4Address = String.Empty;
foreach (IPAddress IPA in Dns.GetHostAddresses(Dns.GetHostName()))
{
if (IPA.AddressFamily == AddressFamily.InterNetwork)
{
IP4Address = IPA.ToString();
break;
}
}
return IP4Address;
}
You may try like this :
private string GetLocalIp()
{
var icp = NetworkInformation.GetInternetConnectionProfile();
if (icp?.NetworkAdapter == null) return null;
var hostname =
NetworkInformation.GetHostNames()
.SingleOrDefault(
hn =>
hn.IPInformation?.NetworkAdapter != null && hn.IPInformation.NetworkAdapter.NetworkAdapterId
== icp.NetworkAdapter.NetworkAdapterId);
// the ip address
return hostname?.CanonicalName;
}
the answer above is also right
Use this to get host IPaddress in a UWP app, I've tested it:
foreach (HostName localHostName in NetworkInformation.GetHostNames())
{
if (localHostName.IPInformation != null)
{
if (localHostName.Type == HostNameType.Ipv4)
{
textblock.Text = localHostName.ToString();
break;
}
}
}
And see the API Doc here
based on answer by @John Zhang, but with fix to not throw LINQ error about multiple matches and return Ipv4 address:
public static string GetLocalIp(HostNameType hostNameType = HostNameType.Ipv4)
{
var icp = NetworkInformation.GetInternetConnectionProfile();
if (icp?.NetworkAdapter == null) return null;
var hostname =
NetworkInformation.GetHostNames()
.FirstOrDefault(
hn =>
hn.Type == hostNameType &&
hn.IPInformation?.NetworkAdapter != null &&
hn.IPInformation.NetworkAdapter.NetworkAdapterId == icp.NetworkAdapter.NetworkAdapterId);
// the ip address
return hostname?.CanonicalName;
}
obviously you can pass HostNameType.Ipv6 instead of the Ipv4 which is the default (implicit) parameter value to get the Ipv6 address