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nav-title: "platform How-To"
title: "platform"
environment: nativescript
description: "Examples for using platform"
previous_url: /ApiReference/platform/HOW-TO
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# Platform
Information about the current device and screen are defined in the platform module
### Declaring platform module to be available for further usage.
{%snippet platform-require%}

### Getting information about the current device:
{%snippet platform-current%}