Could you explain more what you are doing? If you are doing an about box for yourself, you either already know your package name or you can use Context.getPackageName() to find the one you are using.
I guess you could open your AndroidManifest.xml using the AssetManager and parse it, but there really should be no call for this. On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 6:41 AM, Carl Whalley <[email protected]>wrote: > > I'm trying to implement an About box. The PackageInfo class is great > for this, but I see it needs a package name as an argument to > instantiate it: > > PackageManager pm = getPackageManager(); > String version = getString(R.string.about_unknown); > try { > PackageInfo pi = pm.getPackageInfo(getString > (R.string.about_package), 0); > > version = getString(R.string.about_version) + > " " + > Integer.toString(pi.versionCode)+"/"+pi.versionName; > } catch (NameNotFoundException e) { > e.printStackTrace(); > } > > I added the package name as an entry in strings.xml to get this > working. However, I'd like to know if I can remove this duplication as > I see the package name is already present in AndroidManifest.xml. > > Thanks. > > -- > Android Academy: http://www.androidacademy.com > > > > > -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
