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Subby
Subby

Reputation: 5480

Android package name convention

According to the Android documentation, the example which is given for an applicationId is like this:

package="com.example.app

I have created an application which has the following style however:

myName.appname

Would this cause an issue with anything apart from it potentially not being unique.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 331

Answers (2)

CommonsWare
CommonsWare

Reputation: 1006564

The applicationId is independent from the package attribute in the <manifest>. The default value for the applicationId is the package attribute value, but you can override that in build.gradle. The package attribute is used for code generation of things like R and BuildConfig. The applicationId is what controls uniqueness. I would recommend that you set the applicationId to be something that is less likely to result in an accidental name collision, such as a domain name, even if you continue using your current value for your package.

I also worry a bit about mixed case, as there may be things that assume all lowercase characters in the application ID.

On the whole, the application ID does not have to be a domain name. It's just a good idea.

Upvotes: 1

Ragesh Ramesh
Ragesh Ramesh

Reputation: 3520

It will not cause any issues. The reason google asks for web address in package name is only for its uniqueness.

Upvotes: 1

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