How to change package name of an Android Application

Question

My keystore is corrupt  therefore the Android Market is requiring me to rename the app and resubmit it  However  whenever I go to edit the package names in Manifest and throughout the files  it gives me tons of errors   What s the proper way to change the application name

User · Answer

In Android Studio 1 2 2 Say if you want to change com example myapp to org mydomain mynewapp You can follow the steps in each of the directories as displayed in the below screen shot  It will give you the preview option so that you can preview before making any changes    Go to Refactor - gt  Rename and give your new name  You have to do it for each of the folders  say for com  example and myapp  It will automatically update the imports so that you don t have to worry about it    Also update the file build gradle which is not updated automatically   defaultConfig           applicationId  org mydomain mynewapp    update the new package name here         minSdkVersion 15         targetSdkVersion 22         versionCode 1         versionName  1 0          After that it will ask for sync do it  Then everything will be fine  I m able to upload my APK to google store after this  Make sure you have signed your app to upload it to the store

User · Answer

I found the easiest solution was to use Regexxer to replace  com package name  with  com newpackage name   then rename the directories properly  Super easy  super fast

User · Answer

Alternative     Open AndroidManifest xml Change package  NEW NAME  within manifest tag

User · Answer

Bernstein has the method  use the Eclipse tool   Rename Application Package   you may have to do some clean-up even after the fact   Also  Eclipse sometimes loses track of things when you make changes to a project  You may have to use the  Clean Project  tool  under the  Project  menu   If that doesn t work  you may have to close and restart Eclipse  Voo-doo solutions  but Eclipse can be that way

User · Answer

I just lost few hours trying all solutions  I was sure  problem is in my code - apk starting but some errors when working with different classes and activities   Only way working with my project    rename it - file rename and check all checkboxes check for non renamed places  I had in one of layout old name still in tools context     create new workspace import project into new workspace   For me it works  only solution

User · Answer

Follow these steps -   Right click on the project  Go to Android tools  Click on Rename Application Package  Change the application package name    DONE

User · Answer

Without Eclipse    Change package name and Activity names in AndroidManifext xml and anywhere else it shows up in  xml files  custom view names  etc  Update package import statement across all source files Rename all folders to match the package name  Folder locations   a  bin classes b  gen c  src Update the project name in build xml  or your apk s name won t change  Delete all the  class files in bin classes com example myapp   if you skip this step the files don t get rewritten during build and dex give a bunch of trouble processing  class name does not match path  errors Delete gen com example myapp BuildConfig java  I don t know why deleting BuildConfig class in step 3a didn t cause dex to update it s path to this  but until I deleted BuildConfig java it kept recreating gen com oldapp example oldapp and putting BuildConfig class in there  I don t know why R java from the same location doesn t have this problem  I suspect BuildConfig java is auto-generated in pre-compile but R java is not    The above 6 steps are what I did to get my package name changed and get a successful  build  There may be a better way to handle steps 5 and 6 via dex commands to update paths  or perhaps by editing classes dex d in the root directory of the project  I m not familiar with dex or if it s ok to delete edit classes dex d so I went with the method of deleting  class files that I know will be regenerated in the build  I then checked classes dex d to see what still needed to be updated    No errors or warnings left in my build EXCEPT dex and apkbuilder both state  Found Deleted Target File  with no specifics about what that file is  Not sure if this shows up in every build  if it was there before I messed with my package name  or if it s a result of my deletions and I m missing a step

User · Answer

There is a way to change the package name easily in Eclipse  Right click on your project  scroll down to Android Tools  and then click on Rename Application Package

User · Answer

Changing package name is a pain in the ass  It looks like different methods work for different people  My solution is quick and error free  Looks like no cleaning or resetting eclipse is needed    Right click on the package name then Refractor   Rename  Right click on the project name Android tools   Rename Application Package  Manually set the package names in the Manifest that have not been changed by the previous steps

User · Answer

There is also another solution for users without Eclipse  simply change the package attribute in   lt manifest gt  tag in AndroidManifest xml  by replacing the the old package name used with a new one  Note  You have to adjust the all the related import statements and related folders manually in your project than  too    lt manifest xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      package  new package name             lt  manifest gt

User · Answer

Here s how you could do this in Eclipse    Right-click on the package name  src com android gesture builder   Select Refactor  gt  Rename and change the name  for example to com android gestureNEW builder   Open the manifest file  Inside the  lt manifest gt  tag  change the package name to com android gestureNEW builder   Open each of the two Activity files and do Ctrl Shift O to add missing import packages  then save each file   Run the GestureBuilder application on the emulator    Link to post  Update super easy way right click on your project

User · Answer

If you re using Eclipse  you could try these instructions from Android s developer site  They re specifically for the GestureBuilder sample but should apply to any application as far as I can tell       H ere s how you could do this in Eclipse          Right-click on the package name  src com android gesture builder     Select Refactor   Rename and change the name  for example to   com android gestureNEW builder     Open the manifest file  Inside the    lt manifest gt  tag  change the package name to   com android gestureNEW builder      Open each of the two Activity files   and do Ctrl-Shift-O to add missing import packages  then save each   file  Run the GestureBuilder application on the emulator       Also  be sure you remembered to rename the package itself along with the references to it in the files  In Eclipse you can see the name of the package in the file explorer window tree view on the left hand side  In my experience  Eclipse can sometimes be a little finnicky and unreliable with this  leaving behind stray references to the old package name  for example

User · Answer

In Android Studio  which  quite honestly  you should be using  change the package name by right-clicking on the package name in the project structure - gt  Refactor - gt  Rename     It then gives the option of renaming the directory or the package  Select the package  The directory should follow suit  Type in your new package name  and click Refactor  It will change all the imports and remove redundant imports for you  You can even have it fix it for you in comments and strings  etc   Lastly  change the package name accordingly in your AndroidManifest xml towards the top  Otherwise you will get errors everywhere complaining about R whatever   Another very useful solution  First create a new package with the desired nameby right clicking on thejava folder -  new -  package    Then  select and drag all your classes to the new package  AndroidStudio will re-factor the package name everywhere   After that  in your app s build gradle add edit applicationId with the new one  i e   com a bc in my case      defaultConfig       applicationId  com a bc      minSdkVersion 13     targetSdkVersion 19     Original post and more comments here

User · Answer

So  using IntelliJ with Android  Studio  plugin was  I went to AndroidManifest xml on top and changed package name by right-clicking -  Refactor -  rename  Our then package name had four parts a b c d  the new one only a b c  So I renamed the first three  Then I went to the directory of generated sources  app build generated source r development debug a b c d   right-clicked R class and Refactor- Move d  it to one package higher  Same with BuildConfig in app build generated source buildConfig development debug a b c d   By using Refactor- Move  IntelliJ updates all references to BuildConfig and R    Finally I updated all applicationId s  I found in gradle build I found  I hit Clean Project  Make and Rebuild Project  Deleted the app from my phone and hit  Play   It all worked out so refactoring was easy and quite fast

User · Answer

The fastest way to do that in Android Studio 1 3    Change the package name in the manifest Go to Module Settings F4 - gt  Flavors  into Application Id write the same name  Create new package with that name   right-click- gt  new- gt  package  Select all java files of your project and then proceed  Right-click- gt  Refactor- gt  Move- gt   Select package - gt  Refactor    P S  If you will not follow this order you can end up changing all the java files one by one with new imports and a bunch of compile time errors  so the order is very important

User · Answer

Fist change the package name in the manifest file Re-factor   Rename the name of the package in src folder and put a tick for rename subpackages That is all you are done

User · Answer

In your Android studio   at project panel   there is gear icon  Click on it   Uncheck the Compact Empty Middle Packages Now the package directory has been broken up i e individual directories  Select the directory you want to rename  Right click on that particular directory  Select refactor and then rename option  The dialog box has been open up rename it  After putting new name  click on Refactor  Then click on Do Refactor at bottom  Then android studio will update all changes  Now open build gradle file and update the applicationId  amp  sync it  Now go to manifest file and rename the package  Rebuild your Project  You are done

User · Answer

Right Click on Project  Android Tools  Rename Application Package Go to src and right click on your main package  Refactor  Rename  Go to manifest file and change your package name

[java] How to change package name of an Android Application

Examples related to java

Examples related to android