var featureLayer = MapView.Active.Map.GetLayersAsFlattenedList().OfType<FeatureLayer>().FirstOrDefault();
ArcGIS.Desktop.Framework.Threading.Tasks.QueuedTask.Run(() =>
{
// get the CIM definition from the layer
var cimFeatureDefinition = featureLayer.GetDefinition() as ArcGIS.Core.CIM.CIMBasicFeatureLayer;
// get the view of the source table underlying the layer
var cimDisplayTable = cimFeatureDefinition.FeatureTable;
// this field is used as the 'label' to represent the row
var displayField = cimDisplayTable.DisplayField;
});