Setting / Getting the version of game to show users on WP8

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Previously in an XNA based WP7 game I used the following to get the version of a game:
gameVersion = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().FullName.Split(‘=’)[1].Split(‘,’)[0];

When I use the above I get 0.0.0.0 when running the game against the phone directly from Unity, and I get 1.0.0.0 when doing the same from Visual Studio.

I have tried changing every version I can find:
1 - Packaging version under Player Settings for Windows Store app (yes I know this is WP, but there is no equivalent for WP)
2 - Bundle version under Player Settings for iOS / Android, yes still not WP
3 - AssemblyVersion AssemblyFileVersion in AssemblyInfo.cs from Visual Studio
4 - Version under Packaging for WMAppManifest.xml from Visual Studio

None of those change the values I get from the above code.

What is the best / correct way to both set the version and retrieve it at run time for Unity based WP8 game?

Thanks
Mark

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Where is that code located? It will return different values depending on where it is.

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I attached the code to an object in my first scene, i.e. the one with the Menu that shows “Info” about the game.

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So it’s one of your scripts? I’m afraid that will not work. All your scripts are compiled to Assembly-CSharp.dll, which has a hardcoded version of 0.0.0.0.

Of course, you can always use a hardcoded constant as your version number.

Another option would be making a plugin DLL and querying its version.

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Thanks for the explanation and possible options. This seems like an obvious omission from Unity?

-Mark

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I think so. There isn’t a real need for such API, as it’s pretty trivial to make it yourself.