How to Get Device Name of my Raspberry Pi2

Question

I am using Raspberry Pi2 with Windows 10 IoT Core OS, I am developing an UWP app in that I want to get Device Name of my Raspberry Pi 2. Can any one help me how to get it?

I tried using the following code but dont know is it correct way or not

public string GetDeviceName()
 {
 List<string> IpAddress = new List<string>();
 var Hosts = Windows.Networking.Connectivity.NetworkInformation.GetHostNames().ToList();
 foreach (var Host in Hosts)
 {
 string deviceName = Host.DisplayName;
 return deviceName;
 }
 return null;
 }

• v7d8dpo4: What language are you using?
• ahmetertem: it's C#.Net @v7d8dpo4

Answer 1

I do it this way and it works very well:

private string GetHostName()
 {
 foreach (Windows.Networking.HostName name in Windows.Networking.Connectivity.NetworkInformation.GetHostNames())
 {
 if (Windows.Networking.HostNameType.DomainName == name.Type)
 {
 return name.DisplayName;
 }
 }
 return null;
 }

Answer 2

You may use one of these lines for getting device name. Probably last line you're searching for...

• System.Environment.MachineName

• HttpContext.Current.Server.MachineName

• System.Net.Dns.GetHostName()

Update:

Windows.Security.ExchangeActiveSyncProvisioning.EasClientDeviceInformation eas = new Windows.Security.ExchangeActiveSyncProvisioning.EasClientDeviceInformation();
var dialog = new MessageDialog(eas.FriendlyName);
dialog.ShowAsync();

• narendramacha: Thanks for your reply, but sadly the lines you mentioned are not useful for an UWP app.
• ahmetertem: Updated my entry. Tried on Windows 10 and gave my machine name. You may also look another properties of EasClientDeviceInformation msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/…