Out of all these, I'd recommend #7, an xslt task, as this is the tool most directly suited to manipulate XML. While you could use any of the others (except I'd discourage #1 for any production purpose!), it gets more and more complex if you make more changes.
Here's a simplification of the XSLT script I use for this task (my script does several other things as well). If you work with XML at all, it's well worth learning to use XSLT. <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"; xmlns:android='http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android' > <xsl:param name="VERSION"/> <xsl:output indent="no"/> <!-- Supplies a newline after the XML header. It's cosmetic, but something to include in each script. --> <xsl:template match="/"> <xsl:text> </xsl:text> <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/> </xsl:template> <!-- This is the part that makes the desired change. One template like this for each change you want to make. --> <xsl:template match="/manifest/@android:versionName"> <xsl:attribute name="android:versionName"><xsl:value-of select="$VERSION"/></xsl:attribute> </xsl:template> <!-- Identity transform by default. Generally, you'll put this in each script you write, if you're just making changes. It copies everything unchanged that doesn't have its own template. --> <xsl:template match="@*|node()"> <xsl:copy> <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/> </xsl:copy> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> -- And I invoke it like this (again, simplified): <xslt in='${loc.project}/AndroidManifest.xml' out='${loc.project.bui...@{type}}/AndroidManifest.xml' style='configureManifest.xsl' force='true'> <param name='VERSION' expression="${BUILD}"/> </xslt> The @{type} there is because I put this into a macrodef, to make it easy to reuse to make different types of builds, doing things like including/omitting various activities, and other build-time customization. On Dec 28, 12:38 pm, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote: > Option #1: Edit it by hand > > Option #2: Write a Java/Ruby/sed/whatever program to modify the data > and call that from an Ant Exec task > > Option #3: Write a custom Ant task > > Option #4: Use the Replace or ReplaceRegExp tasks > > Option #5: Use a Script task and a Beanshell/Groovy/whatever script > > Option #6: Use a Translate task > > Option #7: Use an XSLT task > > This, of course, would be a better question to ask someplace that is > relevant, such as an Ant discussion list. The fact that you happen to > be modifying an XML file from Android is not nearly as important as > the tool you seem to wish to use to modify it (Ant). > > BTW, the Ant manual is at:http://ant.apache.org/manual/index.html > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 3:20 PM, sashad <olexanderdanc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > HI Guys, > > > I would like to override android:versionName attribute that is > > located in AndroidManifest.xml > > here is a sample > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > > <manifest android:versionCode="1" > > android:versionName="1.0" /> > > > I found ant code to read this value using xPath > > > <xpath input="AndroidManifest.xml" > > expression="/manifest/@android:versionName" > > output="${manifest.versionName}"/> > > > but I cannot find how to write this value using build ant script > > I am looking for some easy to implement way > > > Please suggest, > > Thanks > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Android 2.2 Programming Books:http://commonsware.com/books -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
