Nope, you cannot just change it, you would have to upload a new package as a new app. Have a look at the Google's app Talk, its name was changed to Hangouts, but the package name is still com.google.android.talk. Because it is not doable:) Cheers. All Android apps have a package name. The package name uniquely identifies the app on the device; it is also unique in the Google Play store. This means that once you have published an app with this package name, you can never change it; doing so would cause your app to be treated as a brand new app, and existing users of your app will not see the newly packaged app as an update.
Changing package name of an android app is explained here, it is not hard, however, you may face error in the google-services.json file, but it is an easy fix and is explained in this site
- So now package name gets divided in different sub-package like com, com.mycompanyname1, com.mycompanyname1.data under. Right click on com.mycompanyname1 package name and click option Refactor-Rename option (Alt+Shift+R) then rename. Click on Refactor button in dialog box. Click on Do Refactor.
- Open AndroidManifest.xml file, and change the 'package' attribute to an Id in the following format: com.apm.
- Step 1: First make sure you are viewing the project in Android view. For that follow the below image to change from. Step 2: Now click on setting gear icon and deselect Compact Empty Middle Package Step 3: Now you will see each package folder is broken into parts Step 4: Now right click on the.
Change Package Id Android Studio
How to Change Android App Package Name?
To change Package name of an android app, go to the Project window, right click on the app, then select Open Module Settings,
Android Package Id
A new window will appear, select the Flavours tab in the window. this is where we will change the app package name
- Select Application Id in the list, and replace it with a new package name. for example. 'com.myapp.new'
- Click Ok and wait until the gradle running finish.
If you meet the error Error:Execution failed for task ':app:processAllcategoriesDebugfreeGoogleServices'. No matching client found for package name 'com.my.app.package.name.debug'
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