Account Class
[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]
Contains information about a user’s account with a data provider, such as Facebook or Microsoft Outlook, that the user has set up on the phone.
Inheritance Hierarchy
System..::.Object
Microsoft.Phone.UserData..::.Account
Namespace: Microsoft.Phone.UserData
Assembly: Microsoft.Phone (in Microsoft.Phone.dll)
Syntax
Public NotInheritable Class Account
public sealed class Account
The Account type exposes the following members.
Properties
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Kind | Gets the kind of account, such as Phone or Outlook. |
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Name | Gets the name of the account, such as “Work Email.” |
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Methods
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Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
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Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) |
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GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.) |
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GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
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MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
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ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
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Remarks
Windows Phone provides an aggregated view of the user’s contact and calendar data across the user's different accounts. Information can come from sources such as data entered in the phone itself, social networking sites, and other data service providers. Not all data from all service providers is exposed publicly through this API. The StorageKind enumeration lists the possible sources of data.
Capabilities
If you use this API in your app, you must specify the following capabilities in the app manifest. Otherwise, your app might not work correctly or it might exit unexpectedly.
ID_CAP_CONTACTS |
Windows Phone 8 |
ID_CAP_APPOINTMENTS |
Windows Phone 8 |
For more info, see App capabilities and hardware requirements for Windows Phone 8.
Version Information
Windows Phone OS
Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1
Platforms
Windows Phone
Thread Safety
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
See Also
Reference
Microsoft.Phone.UserData Namespace