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rafitajaen
rafitajaen

Reputation: 469

android - Difference between android:name and android:label

I am flutter developer and some Android settings confuses me.

What is the difference between android:label and android:name in AndroidManifest.xml??

<application
        android:name="io.flutter.app.FlutterApplication"
        android:label="flutterapp2"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher">

Upvotes: 8

Views: 7866

Answers (6)

thelearner
thelearner

Reputation: 126

android:name -> this specifies the class name (kotlin/java) which is implementing this component.

android:label -> this specifies the value that is presented to the user when they are using that component or when this component is listed in other application.

Upvotes: 0

Kalyan Biswas
Kalyan Biswas

Reputation: 408

android:name this is a class which will wxecute first time (this is not your app name ,this is a functional thing) and android:label this is name of app shown on icon which represent the app name

Upvotes: 4

Simon Pham
Simon Pham

Reputation: 2023

The

android:name="io.flutter.app.FlutterApplication"

is a default to a Flutter application & you should NOT edit this anyway (unless you created a class that extends FlutterApplication class).

The android:label is to define your app name, which is display in the installed application list.

If you want to change the app name in home screen, check android:label inside the <activity /> tag

For more information, check out the official documentation: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/application-element

android:name The fully qualified name of an Application subclass implemented for the application. When the application process is started, this class is instantiated before any of the application's components. The subclass is optional; most applications won't need one. In the absence of a subclass, Android uses an instance of the base Application class.

android:label A user-readable label for the application as a whole, and a default label for each of the application's components. See the individual label attributes for , , , , and elements. The label should be set as a reference to a string resource, so that it can be localized like other strings in the user interface. However, as a convenience while you're developing the application, it can also be set as a raw string.

Upvotes: 10

Rosh R
Rosh R

Reputation: 31

The android documentation states the following and you may find the list of attributes here

android:name The fully qualified name of an Application subclass implemented for the application. When the application process is started, this class is instantiated before any of the application's components. The subclass is optional; most applications won't need one. In the absence of a subclass, Android uses an instance of the base Application class.

android:label A user-readable label for the application as a whole, and a default label for each of the application's components. See the individual label attributes for , , , , and elements. The label should be set as a reference to a string resource, so that it can be localized like other strings in the user interface. However, as a convenience while you're developing the application, it can also be set as a raw string.

Upvotes: 0

Pablo Tato Ramos
Pablo Tato Ramos

Reputation: 419

According to https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/application-element

android:name

The fully qualified name of an Application subclass implemented for the application. When the application process is started, this class is instantiated before any of the application's components.

The subclass is optional; most applications won't need one. In the absence of a subclass, Android uses an instance of the base Application class.

android:label

A user-readable label for the application as a whole, and a default label for each of the application's components. See the individual label attributes for , , , , and elements.

The label should be set as a reference to a string resource, so that it can be localized like other strings in the user interface. However, as a convenience while you're developing the application, it can also be set as a raw string.

Upvotes: 1

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Rau&#241;&#241;

Reputation: 411

android name is the name of the package that you are defining for that project and android label is the default name for your application

Upvotes: -1

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