Re: Auto-suffixing debug app id on Android

2015-01-06 Thread Brian LeRoux
So two apps, same name on the springboard/deck, but diff id? On Tue, Jan 6, 2015, 7:46 PM Tommy Williams wrote: > As handy as having release and debug on the same device might be, this > might be a job for a hook and a blog post about it, instead of a built in > feature. > On 07/01/2015 1:29 pm,

Re: Auto-suffixing debug app id on Android

2015-01-06 Thread Tommy Williams
As handy as having release and debug on the same device might be, this might be a job for a hook and a blog post about it, instead of a built in feature. On 07/01/2015 1:29 pm, "Andrew Grieve" wrote: > Nope no JIRA, just something I stumbled across when I was reading gradle > docs and thought I'd

Re: Auto-suffixing debug app id on Android

2015-01-06 Thread Andrew Grieve
Nope no JIRA, just something I stumbled across when I was reading gradle docs and thought I'd bring up. One other thing it avoids is getting the certificate mismatch failure when you switch between release and debug. Good point about being confused as to which icon is which though. On Tue, Jan 6,

Re: Auto-suffixing debug app id on Android

2015-01-06 Thread Joe Bowser
I don't think this idea is entirely thought out. I've had debug and release code on devices, and all it does is confuse me when I need to do a demo of something. Is there a JIRA issue regarding this new feature, since I think this needs to be fleshed out more. On Tue Jan 06 2015 at 10:42:51 AM A

Re: Auto-suffixing debug app id on Android

2015-01-06 Thread Andrew Grieve
Mainly - it allows it to be installed alongside the release version of the app. On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 11:01 AM, Brian LeRoux wrote: > Why is it a good idea? > > On Tue, Jan 6, 2015, 7:40 AM Andrew Grieve wrote: > > > With gradle, this is easy to do: > > > > android { > > buildTypes { > >

Re: Auto-suffixing debug app id on Android

2015-01-06 Thread Brian LeRoux
Why is it a good idea? On Tue, Jan 6, 2015, 7:40 AM Andrew Grieve wrote: > With gradle, this is easy to do: > > android { > buildTypes { > debug { > applicationIdSuffix ".debug" > } > > Seems like a good idea to me, but I'm wondering if there may be reason not > t