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Anish
Anish

Reputation: 75

How can i change the application name in xamarin android?

Explaination

The icon label is being overwritten by the Label specified on my Main Activity Label.

My AndroidManifest.xml has:

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

My AssemblyInfo.cs has:

#if DEBUG
[assembly:Application(Debuggable=true, Label="@string/app_name")]
#else
[assembly:Application(Debuggable=false, Label="@string/app_name")]
#endif

My String.xml has:

<string name="app_name">MyApp</string>

My MainActivity.cs has:

[Activity (Label = "Demo App")]

When I email the apk to the phone, gmail asks me to install 'MyApp', which appears to be coming from the manifest or the Assembly. However, the icon on the App Launch screen shows 'Demo App', which is coming from the MainActivity.cs.

Question

I want the Label from the Activity to be appearing as the title of the app(Demo App), whereas I want the App launch name to be 'MyApp'. Can I override the title somehow to get this working?

Answer

My AndroidManifest.xml has:

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

In String.xml has:

<string name="app_name">MyApp</string>
<string name="Home">Demo App</string>

In MainActivity.cs: Instead of this 

[Activity (Label = "Demo App")]

use ActionBar to set title,icon. Then you will get different name in app launch screen and home screen.

[Activity(MainLauncher = true, LaunchMode = Android.Content.PM.LaunchMode.SingleTop,)]
public class MainActivity : Activity
{
    protected override void OnCreate(Bundle bundle)
    {
        base.OnCreate(bundle);
        SetContentView(Resource.Layout.main);
        ActionBar.SetIcon(Resource.Drawable.Icon);
        ActionBar.SetTitle(Resource.String.Home);
    }
}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2752

Answers (1)

York Shen
York Shen

Reputation: 9084

I want the Label from the Activity to be appearing as the title of the app(Demo App), whereas I want the App launch name to be 'MyApp'.

Remove the Label of the MainActivity, set the application in the Manifest.xml via UI or code:

<manifest ...>
    <application android:label="@string/app_name" />
</manifest>

If your MainActivity is AppCompatActivity, you could use Toolbar to display the Activity label:

[Activity(MainLauncher = true, LaunchMode = Android.Content.PM.LaunchMode.SingleTop, Icon = "@drawable/icon")]
public class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity
{
    protected override void OnCreate(Bundle bundle)
    {
        base.OnCreate(bundle);
        SetContentView(Resource.Layout.main);
        var toolbar = FindViewById<Android.Support.V7.Widget.Toolbar>(Resource.Id.toolbar);
        if (toolbar != null)
        {
            SetSupportActionBar(toolbar);
            SupportActionBar.Title = "Demo App";
        }
    }
}

Effect

Update:

Here is my toolbar.axml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar 
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:local="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:id="@+id/toolbar"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
    android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
    android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
    local:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar"
    local:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light" />

main.axml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:local="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent">
    <include
        android:id="@+id/toolbar"
        layout="@layout/toolbar" />
</RelativeLayout>

Upvotes: 1

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