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javaandroidxmlpackageextend

Package name alias or nickname

Is it possible to create a nickname for a package name, that I can refer in xml file?

I don't want to write the whole package name e.g. com.example.go.deck.today instead can I create an alias and refer that alias?

I'd like to refer an alias or nick instead of the package name in an android/layout XML file.

Solution

  • Android by itself does not provide such facility. However you can use the ant to do it for you. You could write a custom build.xml, customizing the target <target name="-code-gen"> to do token replacement before the R class is generated. You could add the rule :

    <replace file="targetFile" token="@PACKAGE_ALIAS@" value="com.example.go.deck.today"/>

    this would replace every occurrence of @PACKAGE_ALIAS@ by com.example.go.deck.today in the targetFile.

    I am not an ant specialist but based on past experience I would say that it would not be hard to write a rule that could scan all file in the res dir.