I can't help you with Market. In the platform, android:label is only used as the text to show to the user for the representation of your .apk, and the system does not care at all about what it contains.
Plus you would localize the label for different languages, so its actual value really can't be used for anything besides displaying to the user. On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 9:09 PM, Keith Wiley <[email protected]> wrote: > > I appreciate the reply, but forgive the relentless imprecision in my > understanding. > > Bottom line: can two different applications with two different package > names have the same android:label in the manifest, say for a lite and > a pro version of the same app? Where is android:label actually used? > Is the name shown on the Market? The name shown in the app list on > the device? Anywhere else? > > Thank you. > > On Mar 16, 7:54 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 3:42 PM, Keith Wiley <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The reason it would be nice to leave it the same for both is that my > > > understanding is, this is the string used for other apps to > > > communicate to my app through intents. > > > > It's not; the label is just shown to the user. > > > > You could do things so that the manifest package name is used to > communicate > > with others, but that is really an implementation detail (especially > since > > you have to specify a concrete component name along with it), and so very > > much not recommended. You would be best of using regular intent filters > for > > interacting with other applications. > > > > -- > > 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. All such questions should be posted on public > > forums, where I and others can see and answer them. > > > -- 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. 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
