How can I get the profile image of Windows Phone 8.1 owner's

Question

I want to get the Windows Phone User(Owner)'s picture. And there seems to be a proper Api UserInformation. I tried it but both code always returns null. I have profile picture in people app.(But I'm not sure this is the one mapped with UserInformation)

IStorageFile file1 = UserInformation.GetAccountPicture(AccountPictureKind.SmallImage);
IStorageFile file2 = UserInformation.GetAccountPicture(AccountPictureKind.LargeImage);

My environment is

• Windows Phone 8.1 Lumia 920 device.
• Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 RC

And I added application manifest also.

xml <Applications> <Application Id="App" Executable="$targetnametoken$.exe"> <Extensions> <Extension Category="windows.accountPictureProvider" /> </Extensions> </Application> <Applications>

Is there am I missed?

Answer 1

Unfortunately, this functionality does not currently exist on Windows Phone so the method will always return null. The icons on MSDN are fairly simplistic - they only indicate whether the method is present and callable on a particular platform, not whether it fully implements the expected behavior. Granted, there would ideally be a note in the remarks section indicating the difference in behavior.