Also....if the Froyo aapt has this feature, does that mean I will only be able to target 2.2 devices? I don't think that will be an option.
On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:15 PM, Jeff <[email protected]> wrote: > That sounds exactly like what I need. When will the Froyo aapt be > available? > > > On Jun 15, 11:11 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > > The Froyo aapt will have a mechanism to build an existing package under a > > new name without modifying any of its source, manifest, or resources. > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 7:50 PM, Jeff Thorn <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I looked into Library Projects, but I am not sure if that helps me. I > > > assume I would put the Activity in the library, since it is what is > used by > > > each "app". However, that Activity relies on String values from > > > res/values/strings. Each "app" will have different strings. Therefore > the > > > activity calls R.string.something to get the string from the resource. > > > > > In order to make each app its own unique app, I need to change the > > > "package" attribute of <manifest> element in the AndroidManifest.xml. > This > > > has the unfortunate side effect of generating the R class with the > app's > > > custom package name. Therefore, when the Activity common code base > tries to > > > look up a string using the R class, it cannot find the class since it > has a > > > different package name. > > > > > At this point I am thinking about creating an Ant target to replace the > > > package name in R.java. However, I feel like there has to be a better > way. > > > > > Am I overlooking something? Can this be accomplished with libraries? > > > > > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Mark Murphy <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > >> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Jeff <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > Any other suggestions? > > > > >> Try the new "library project" featured added in the latest edition of > > >> the dev tools: > > > > >>http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/eclipse-adt.html#librar. > .. > > > > >>http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/other-ide.html#libraryP. > .. > > > > >> -- > > >> Mark Murphy > > >> CommonsWare > > >> [email protected] > > >>http://commonsware.com > > > > >> -- > > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > >> Groups "Android Developers" group. > > >> To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >> [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > <android-developers%[email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > > > > >> For more options, visit this group at > > >>http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > <android-developers%[email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > -- > > Dianne Hackborn > > Android framework engineer > > [email protected] > > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see > and > > answer them. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
