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Harsh
Harsh

Reputation: 31

Change package name via command line (without Android Studio)

I have an application that needs to be built under multiple package names with minor changes in resources. These changes are as simple as changing Strings.xml, Colors.xml, Package name in Gradle and manifest and changing icons and other resource files. All these changes can be done via the Command line easily. The hard part that I want to automate is the package name (which is done via Refactor->Rename in Android Studio).

So, I want to change the package name via the Command line including other changes as above. I've read up the other available answers on StackOverflow and other websites but I couldn't get it working.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1407

Answers (1)

92AlanC
92AlanC

Reputation: 1387

An easier way to achieve that is by creating different product flavours, like so:

android {
    ...

    flavorDimensions "version"

    productFlavors {
        flavourA {
            applicationId "com.myapp.name"
        }

        flavourB {
            applicationId "com.myapp.anothername"
        }
    }
}

Note that if you don't want to set a completely new application ID (package) to every flavour but rather just add a suffix you can do so like the following example:

flavourA {
    applicationIdSuffix ".mysuffix"
}

Say your application package is com.test.myapp. With the suffix it will be com.test.myapp.mysuffix when you build your app with flavourA.

Then, to build your specific flavour with command line you should do:

APK

./gradlew assembleFlavourADebug // for debug builds
./gradlew assembleFlavourARelease // for release builds

Bundle

./gradlew bundleFlavourADebug
./gradlew bundleFlavourARelease

As for your colour, string, etc. resources you can create resource files specifically for each flavour you're dealing with.

src
 |
 +--- main
 |     |
 |     +--- res
 |           |
 |           +--- values
 |                  |
 |                  +--- strings.xml
 +--- flavourA
 |       |
 |       +--- res
 |           |
 |           +--- values
 |                  |
 |                  +--- strings.xml
 |
 +--- flavourB
         |
         +--- res
              |
              +--- values
                    |
                    +--- strings.xml

Upvotes: 1

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