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Lyubomyr Dutko
Lyubomyr Dutko

Reputation: 4526

How to install the same application more than once on Android?

I have an application that differs for different languages by resources.

Is there a possibility to install the same application on Android several times?

So, as a result I will have German version, French version, English version of the same program, but each installed as a separate applications with different icons.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 8230

Answers (3)

Isaac Waller
Isaac Waller

Reputation: 32730

You can do this by changing the package name (in the AndroidManifest.xml file). Not the package name for your Java code - the package name for your APK file defined in the AndroidManifest.xml. APK files with different package names are considered completely different applications by Android.

Note: if this is for internationalizing your application, you really should do it as described here by Google.

Upvotes: 6

Will
Will

Reputation: 20191

You can change the package name (and icon) for each different language version, if you really wanted to have multiple languages of the same app on the same device.

Upvotes: 0

gizmo
gizmo

Reputation: 11909

No, you can't. At least not without rewriting the androidmanifest.xml to define different identifiers and icons for each of your version.

Upvotes: 1

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