Changing App Label Name in Android

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

I’m trying to get the app’s label in Android to show up as something different than the folder name for the project. I’ve tried the two common sense methods: Changing the name on the build screen when building the APK and adding “label=”{app name}" to the android portion of the build.settings file, but neither seems to work.

I’ve even tried searching these forums but the only time I’ve saw the question asked it went unanswered. (Hopefully that won’t happen this time!)

Anyone done successfully changed the app’s label? [import]uid: 8776 topic_id: 18212 reply_id: 318212[/import]

#2

The “App Name” field in the build window is supposed to set the application label that you see on the Android screen. I remember that working before and it even supported unicode names. Would you mind trying to do so on the release version, build #591? [import]uid: 32256 topic_id: 18212 reply_id: 69600[/import]

#3

I just checked and I am using build 591. I’m installing to an HTC Incredible through the MOTODEV Studio interface which uses the Eclipse interface.

I can always rename the folder and that should do the trick for me, but I would end up needing to rename it back again for any iOS builds. [import]uid: 8776 topic_id: 18212 reply_id: 69792[/import]

#4

Would you mind writing up a bug report please by clicking the “Report a Bug” link at the top of this web page? This way this issue will get into our queue and not be forgotten in the sea of forum posts here. I’ll try to look into this issue next week. Thanks! [import]uid: 32256 topic_id: 18212 reply_id: 69798[/import]

#5

I submitted a bug. BTW, code should not be required in bug reports since some bugs (this one) don’t involve code. I just uploaded the app’s icon :wink: [import]uid: 8776 topic_id: 18212 reply_id: 69807[/import]

#6

I was incorrect about this and it seems to be working okay. Changing the app name seems to also change the APK name – not crazy about that by the way – and because of that I wasn’t installing the right file. I didn’t expect it to change the file name so I wasn’t looking for an APK under a new name. [import]uid: 8776 topic_id: 18212 reply_id: 70042[/import]

#7

Oh good! File name aside, I’m glad it’s working for you. [import]uid: 32256 topic_id: 18212 reply_id: 70051[/import]