Is there a way for me to add a custom meta-data tag to my AndroidManifest.xml via the build.settings?
I know that I can add intent-filter tags by adding a intentFilters table inside the android entry of my build.settings. I tried adding a metaData table but it is not working…
I would suspect that would be a feature request. I’m pretty sure the intent-filters is something we had to add support for.
Rob
You can’t via the “build.settings”. Mostly because there is no one place you can add meta-data tags to. That is, meta-data tags can be added to all <activity>, <provider>, <receiver>, and <application> tags within the AndroidManifest.xml file.
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/meta-data-element.html
Why do you need to add meta-data to the manifest?
Because this is typically only useful to native Android developers.
Case in point, Corona uses a meta-data tag to indicate which app store the app is targeting, which is returned via our system.getInfo() API.
Yeah… I noticed that meta-data tag can be in different hierarchical positions…
In my case, i wanted to add a specific meta-data tag in the same “position” that intent-filters are being added today, i.e., inside main activity (<activity android:name=“com.ansca.corona.CoronaActivity” … />).
But don’t worry, I was just trying to make Google Glass work on Corona Pro without having to unpack the apk.
Thanks Joshua.
Ahhh… gotcha. It’s probably step 3 in the following Google Glass documentation is what you’re trying to add…
Yeah… the intent-filter worked fine (adding via Android Manifest), but the meta-data, as you said, it is not “supported” via build.settings
I would suspect that would be a feature request. I’m pretty sure the intent-filters is something we had to add support for.
Rob
You can’t via the “build.settings”. Mostly because there is no one place you can add meta-data tags to. That is, meta-data tags can be added to all <activity>, <provider>, <receiver>, and <application> tags within the AndroidManifest.xml file.
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/meta-data-element.html
Why do you need to add meta-data to the manifest?
Because this is typically only useful to native Android developers.
Case in point, Corona uses a meta-data tag to indicate which app store the app is targeting, which is returned via our system.getInfo() API.
Yeah… I noticed that meta-data tag can be in different hierarchical positions…
In my case, i wanted to add a specific meta-data tag in the same “position” that intent-filters are being added today, i.e., inside main activity (<activity android:name=“com.ansca.corona.CoronaActivity” … />).
But don’t worry, I was just trying to make Google Glass work on Corona Pro without having to unpack the apk.
Thanks Joshua.
Ahhh… gotcha. It’s probably step 3 in the following Google Glass documentation is what you’re trying to add…
Yeah… the intent-filter worked fine (adding via Android Manifest), but the meta-data, as you said, it is not “supported” via build.settings