This post has been de-listed

It is no longer included in search results and normal feeds (front page, hot posts, subreddit posts, etc). It remains visible only via the author's post history.

68
[UWP] Info Requester - Get information on any W10 device like battery level using Cortana
Author Summary
vixez is in UWP
Post Body

Some time ago I started working on an app that allows you to create an account and add Windows 10 devices to that account.

This allows you to communicate with the devices and ask info about it. You can do this using Cortana or by using the Info Requester app.

For example on my Surface Book I ask Cortana 'Info request, what is the battery level of My Phone'. Then my Surface Book will send the request to the phone via my server, and the phone will reply back to the Surface Book again via my server. On the Surface Book a toast notification will show like 'The battery level of My Phone is 76% '.

The phone can be locked and the app doesn't have to be actively running on any device, so it always works.

Current features:

  • Battery level
  • Location (GPS) of your device
  • SIM one and two data use
  • IPv4 address
  • IPv6 address
  • Hostname
  • Network type

I'm also open to new ideas for new things you would like to be able to do, so let me know if you have an idea. Things to consider:

  • It needs to be possible on Windows 10
  • It has to work in a background process (when the app is closed), meaning things like taking a screenshot or using the camera to take a picture and sending it back is not possible
  • It has to be text based, attachments are not supported by toasts
  • Music control is not possible on UWP

Screenshots: http://imgur.com/a/dCHO0

Store link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/info-requester/9njtr09nkzf6

Author
Account Strength
100%
Account Age
12 years
Verified Email
Yes
Verified Flair
No
Total Karma
5,418
Link Karma
869
Comment Karma
4,549
Profile updated: 10 hours ago
Posts updated: 5 months ago
UWP Developer/Lumia 950XL

Subreddit

Post Details

Location
UWP
We try to extract some basic information from the post title. This is not always successful or accurate, please use your best judgement and compare these values to the post title and body for confirmation.
Posted
7 years ago