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#libraryProject >> >> http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/other-ide.html#libraryProject >> >> -- >> 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]> >> 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]> > 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
