Question

I’m developing my first Metro app using XAML. The app is for our company intranet use only. I have these questions –

1. Is it possible to retrieve the account name (domain\username) of the current logged in user? Do I need to use a WinRT component for this? I looked up Windows.Security.Authentication namespace and only Web and OnlineId are available.
2. I’m using the WebView control to navigate to a secure URL. If I open this URL in a browser, I do not get any prompts (since my machine is joined to the domain), but if I open the URL in a WebView, I get the username & password prompt. Is there a way to get rid of it?

Update – I was able to solve #2 question by enabling Enterprise Authentication in the Capabilities tab of the Package.appxmanifest file.

Answer 1

For No. 1:

Please use Windows.System.UserProfile.UserInformation class to get all relevant information

GetDisplayNameAsync()
GetDomainNameAsync()
GetPrincipleNameAsync()

e.g. to get the display name

 if (UserInformation.NameAccessAllowed)
 {
      string player = await UserInformation.GetDisplayNameAsync();
 }