Change project name on Android Studio

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I want to change the name of my project and module  But if I try to rename them Android Studio notify me some errors    e g  I want to change the name from  MyApplication  to  AndroidApp  as shown in the image below   In the first rectangle I want to change it in       AndroidApp   G     Android AndroidApp     In the second rectangle I want to change it in      AndroidApp  AndroidApp-AndroidApp    edit  This is the log      Gradle  Project  AndroidApp  not found in root project  MyApplicationProject     build gradle   buildscript       repositories           mavenCentral             dependencies           classpath  com android tools build gradle 0 5            apply plugin   android   repositories       mavenCentral      android       compileSdkVersion 18     buildToolsVersion  18 0 1       defaultConfig           minSdkVersion 7         targetSdkVersion 16          dependencies       compile  com android support support-v4 18 0 0      settings gradle   include   MyApplication

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To just rename the project    Refractor and rename the top level directory Close Android Studio IMPORT the whole project again   To change the package name   The easiest and fastest solution is here  https   stackoverflow com a 35057550 4908798

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This did the trick for me   Close Android Studio Change project root directory name Open Android Studio Open the project  not from local history but by browsing to it  Clean project  If your settings gradle contains the below line  either delete it or update it to the new name  rootProject name    Your project name   Edit  Working in all versions  Last test  Android 4 1 1 Dec 2020

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UPDATE    This answer is better   OLD ANSWER   1  Right click your   ackage name and Refactor - gt  Rename        When asked if you want to Rename directory or Rename package  choose Rename package      Now in Finder  manually rename your root folder  the parent folder of your  app folder       Reopen project in Android Studio with new folder name Cmd   Shift   f for any instances of your old name in Android Studio  and change all of them to the new name  Change the applicationId in your build gradle   BONUS ROUND    You might need to update a  gitignore file if it was at the root of your project  Note that when swapping branches after doing this  you ll potentially see a bunch of files showing up in working changes  but don t worry they should go away after you merge in your renamed branch with updated  gitignore  Don t manually remove these as it can cause issues in Android Studio  Delete your old root folder in Finder

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1 Edit settings gradle file  change rootProject name rootProject name    quot FirebaseDemo quot  include   app   2 Go to the project file folder  rename the file folder 3 Delete  idea folder in your project and rebuild the project

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What worked for me is   GoTo   setting gradle    change the name in it  go to the app root folder which you want to change and refactor--  rename it  close the android studio  browse to the folder and change the name  start android studio again  do the gradle sync    And you are done

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Close Android Studio  Rename the folder of the root of the project  For example  change  MyApplication  to  Myblablabla   Delete the   idea  folder  Open Android Studio  and import the updated project

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it will work fine for me Change Following   Step 1  Make sure ApplicationId And PackageName will Same  example     android     defaultConfig                        applicationId  quot com example myapplication quot                               and package name the same  package  quot com example myapplication quot   Step 2 delete iml file in my case     Go To Project gt   gt C  Users ashif Documents MyApplication   iml file    delete  if you forget Project Path Then Go To android Studio Right Click on app and go to  Show in Explorer you get your Project and remove  iml file  Step 3 Close Project Step 4 Now Copy Your old Project and Paste Any other Root or copy Project Folder and paste Any other Dir   Example C  Users ashif Documents MyApplication   Step 5 Now open Android Studio and open Existing Project  C  Users ashif Documents MyApplication   Try it will work

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For me the following works    Close Android Studio  Rename the folder of the project from MyApplication to NewProjectName Rename MyApplication iml file to NewProjectName iml in NewProjectName iml change every MyApplication text to NewProjectName in  idea modules xml change every MyApplication text to NewProjectName in  idea workspace xml change every MyApplication text to NewProjectName Start Android Studio  All the previous settings remain  and  app  module as well

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Close the android studio and Just rename the  iml file in your file explorer  That s it

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These instructions below worked  first time  for me in Android Studio 2 3  They involve creating a new app in Android Studio  then closing it and doing all the work in a file explorer and a text editor   Refactor and Rename a Android Studio Project or App  Note  Requires a text editor which can do a global search-and-replace in a directory structure  The instructions propose Sublime Text  which I easily installed and ran   It produced a new app which installed and ran beside the existing app  It still had the same screen name  which was fixed by editing  Android label  MyNewApp  in the manifest

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Try to change android label in AndroidManifest xml and reinstall rerun app    lt application         android allowBackup  true          android icon   drawable ic launcher          android label   string app name          android theme   style AppTheme  gt

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Update  This is an out-dated response from 2013 and only works for v2 2 2 and below    Right-click on your root project directory  Select Refactor - gt  Rename  Select rename project and change the name there   Also Select rename module and change it there as well  If you get an message saying module name already changed thats fine   Now right-click on the project root folder again and select Open Module Settings   Under the Modules section remove whatever folders are associated to your old project name   Apply Settings and hit OK   Restart Android Studio    Hope that helps

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For one  I d strongly suggest updating to the latest Android Studio  0 3 7 as of now   there are tons of bug fixes   You re running into bug https   code google com p android issues detail id 57692  which is that if you try to use the UI to rename modules or your project  it doesn t update the build files  Sorry  it s really broken right now  I d suggest changing the directory names directly in the filesystem  and updating your settings gradle file to reflect the changes  Your project on disk should look something like this  with many more files than what s shown here    projectFolder  --settings gradle  --applicationModuleFolder     --build gradle     --src   it uses projectFolder s name as the project name and applicationModuleFolder as the name of the module that your Android App lives in  the upper and lower outlined boxes in your screenshot  respectively   I think the way your project is set up now  they both have the same name  you can rename both to the same new name if you like  or you can give them different names  it doesn t matter   Once they re renamed  edit your settings gradle file  it will look something like   include   applicationModuleFolder    just change the name to your new name there as well  Once these changes are made  click the Sync Project with Gradle Files button in the toolbar  if you re running a very old version of Android Studio  it may not have that button  so you can close the project and reopen it in that case  and it should pick up the changes

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The way it worked for me in order to replace the old name of my project for a new one  everywhere in my codebase  is the following    Close Android Studio  Rename the root folder of your project  Open Android Studio  It will not find the old project  so you must import it again  This step will generate the configuration again  no need to touch your  idea files manually   including a new  iml file with the new project name  Afterwards you can delete the old  iml file if you want  Once the renamed project is imported in Android Studio you need to rename your source packages to use the new project name in case you used the old project name as part of the package path    NOTE  This worked for Android Studio 2 1 2

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Just find the name   android label  AppName     from the Android Manifest   Just rename the label name   eg   AppName   here  all such android label in the  AndroidManifest xml   Just save it   When you run the app you will see the new Name

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Here is how it all changes in seconds    in your  manifest xml  find  android label   in front of it just type your new name inside     for example  android label  My new name   Its done  your welcome

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You can change the name that is shown in the title bar in the file   idea  name

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You can try something like this in your settings gradle file   rootProject name    YOUR PROJECT NAME    After restarting of Android Studio it will also change text in title bar to YOUR PROJECT NAME   Tested on Android Studio 2 2 RC2

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Hello RobertoAV96   I have provided three solutions here  Choose whichever applies to your problem      If you want to just change the name of the project root folder   name  you can do it from the explorer     Just close the project in the studio  after copying path to the project  Close the project from the main welcome screen  go to the file explorer  copy this path on the address bar  and go to the folder  Rename the folder that is the root of the project  Rename the iml file in this root folder to the name of the folder  That is if the project root folder s name was say demo project  there will be demo project iml file inside it  If you changed this folder s name to say my project  then you have to change the name of the iml file inside it to my project iml    Actually the refactor option from the Studio can do the same      If you want to change the app folder s name  that is inside the   root folder of the project  do the same in the explorer     Rename the app folder to the name you like to have         INFO  The APK file  that is generated for this project  will   acquire the same first name followed by the suffix that represents the   mode you build the signed APK for  that is either debug or   release  Signed APK is found in it s respective folder of debug or release  The unsigned APK is located in output folder of build directory  all build  debug and release folders are found in the primary app folder  or the folder you have renamed this folder to      Suppose the name that you have given to this folder is my project app  open the folder and rename the app iml  to my project app iml after the name of the project  Now go to the project s root folder  and find the settings gradle file    The content of this file are the names of module folders that you include in the project  currently there is only one module  that is the main one    include   app    This is corresponding to the old name of the app folder   Hence you have to make the changes   include   my project app    That s it  Now you can reload the project in the studio  and check the name of the APK that is generated      If you want to rename the package name  say com first myproject to   com alpha myproject     Again go to the explorer  Inside the hierarchy of folders in the src-- gt main-- gt java  your package is com-- gt first-- gt myproject  Make sure your Studio is closed  Rename the second folder first to alpha  Open the Studio now  Choose Replace in Path in the first package inside the java folder  in the Android mode of the left panel tree  This one is the package that you changed from the Explorer  that is  com alpha myproject instead of com first myproject  Change the instances of the string import com first myproject  in files to import com alpha myproject   Check for just the string occurrence of com first myproject  and safely change it to com alpha myproject  Check for just the string occurrence of com first myproject  in build gradle inside your main app module  and safely change it to com alpha myproject  Do not forget that this package name is also the signature and identity to your application project  If you have already published your application in the play store  then you have to setup a different project com alpha myproject afresh and unpublish com first myproject  affecting lots of users - you have to broadcast to the users using push notification  in the latest version of old existing APK  that the new Application version will be released with different name  and you have to publish this new APK  restarting from version name 1 0  This destroys objective of having the application slot at play-store for the old APK  So you have to consult your client that what should be the name of their application package before starting the project  Don t forget that the signing and obfuscation of the application is equally important  You can issue command inside Studio to remove unnecessary resources from your project  You can manually deal with all the warnings that LINT produces    Happy coding and Happy app publishing   -

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Go to  Tool Window Project  by Alt 1  and change the level on the top-left corner of this window to Project  the other two are Packages and Android   then you can rename the Project name by Shift F6  Type in the new name and press OK   If you just want to change the app name which appears in the system  you can modify the android title in the manifest xml

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Change the Project Name    Change the name of your project by closing the Android Studio  go to your project folder  rename it           Delete the  idea folder and  iml file   To show hidden folders  press Cmd   Shift      dot            Open the settings gradle file with a text editor  like VSCode  and change the rootProject name to your new project name         Done  The project name has been changed  Just open your project with the Android Studio and Gradle will sync again

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update July 2017  tested and worked     Open project folder  you could open it through Android Studio itself see this   now close Android Studio change the yourOldProjectName iml to the a new name rename the parent folder to the same new name  re-open Android Studio --  File --  Open--  path to your renamed im

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I just went into the manifest and changed  android label        to the name of the application  Once Id changed this  the title and the actual app name changed to that

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To change the apps name in Android Studio    Close the project in Android studio and get rid of it from the quick start side of the launcher   Should be a mini  next to the name   Close Android Studio  Go into where your app file is located and rename it  Under My Documents Usually   Restart Android Studio  select add new project and navigate to the folder that was renamed    Changing the label of the launcher of the application   The applications actual name    Go into your initial folder  app  Go into manifests Go into AndroidManifest xml  Rename android label        to whatever you want to rename your app to   Eg   android label  Developer Portal     Click Save All

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Just go to res values strings xml  One line says  Somethig-your name   lt string name  app name  gt Somethig-your name lt  string gt    Just replace your original name to     lt string name  app name  gt Your Name lt  string gt

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This approach 100  working Just do these simple step   Exit Android Studio Rename the main project folder from your explorer Open Android Studio and Open your project Rebuild and Enjoy

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Changing the name in res values strings xml will change the app name that is shown in the apps menu after installation  Renaming the android studio project folder  when android studio is closed  will likely satisfy many developers

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Here s what I did in Android Studio Beta  0 8 14    Changed the package name manually in the manifest file Navigated to build -  source -  r -  release and drilled down until I found R java Selected the file and pressed F6 to rename Then from the Build menu selected Make Project Clicked the first error and pressed Shift F6 on the package name and renamed which updated all my source files Selected my project name in Android Studio  right clicked -  Refactor -  Rename and changed the name there too  Next went to app -  build gradle and updated my applicationId Navigate to  idea -   name file and rename your Android Studio project in there too Just to clean up I deleted the old package folder inside build -  source -  r -  release   And vola  my package name has now changed and builds successfully

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Just change the application id in build gradle  applicationId  yourpackageName    For changing application label  in manifest   lt application  android label   string app name         gt

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You can easily rename using refactor    Write click on the project root folder and click refactor  Then click on the rename  there will be a popup  you can give new name there

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A very quick way to solve this as at November 2020 is by the following steps  hit the shift key twice  a pop up will show search for a file named  quot settings gradle quot  when it opens change the rootProject name    quot Old-name quot  to rootProject name    quot new name quot  then sync   hit the shift key twice  a pop up will show search for a file named  quot string xml quot   when it opens change  lt string  quot app name quot  gt old-name to  lt string  quot app name quot  gt new-name  close android studio  locate androidStudioProject directory on your machine  open it and find the project by its old name  rename it to the new name   open Android Studio goto File  gt  Open  gt   quot new name quot   open it from there    this is currently working on Android Studio 4 1 1

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first go to the values folder then go to the String Folder find the app name  Change the name of the application in string Tag Finished

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What works for me is   Go To Build gradle Change ApplicationId  amp  sync project   Right click on your project   Rename   Rename Package   Run your app and boom    Hope this works as did for me

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Video tutorial  https   youtu be 7aQjiae2doU   Refactor the name to com example  NewFileName  in path       app java com example  OldFileName        Go to strings xml and change code to  lt string name  app name    gt  NewFileName  lt  string gt  in path       app res values strings xml       Go to build gradle  Module  app  and change code to applicationId  com example  NewFileName     in path       Gradle Scripts build gradle  Module  app        Go to settings gradle  Project Settings  and change code to rootProject name   NewFileName   in path       Gradle Scripts build gradle  Project Settings        Press Sync now prompt      Rename your folder to  NewFileName  outside Android Studio       Reopen your project and rebuild project in path       Build Rebuild Project

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