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JohnRock
JohnRock

Reputation: 6875

Android: How to customize the label under the launcher icon

The name of my Android app is 14 characters long with no spaces, as such, the full name is not visible on the home screen when displayed under the launcher icon.

I want to use an alternate name for displaying under the launcher icon, so I can break up the name into two strings separated by a space - so that the words should wrap.  

How can this be done?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 10864

Answers (3)

Riya
Riya

Reputation: 51

If you want to see the name of your app below the app icon, you should change the android:label of the starting activity as the required app name.

Should use String.xml for that:

 <string name="app_name">YourAppName</string>//Add this code in Strings.xml file

Change AndroidManifest.xml as below:

 <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@drawable/icon2"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
        <activity
            android:name="com.example.crm_executive.MainActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name" >
        </activity>
</application>

Upvotes: 5

Lee
Lee

Reputation: 18767

Modify your res\values\strings.xml to have two strings:

  1. app_name_wrappable = "App Name"
  2. app_name = "AppName"

Then modify your AndroidManifest.xml (or anywhere else you want the wrapping behavior) to read:

<application 
    android:icon="@drawable/icon" 
    android:label="@string/app_name_wrappable">

And leave everything else the same as it is currently.

Upvotes: 8

Macarse
Macarse

Reputation: 93173

That text is in your AndroidManifest.xml at android:label:

<application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name">

You should change that string to fix your issue.

Upvotes: -1

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