Android - Change package name of live application

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I have one application which is already live on google play named 'Moodlytics'. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=AnantApps.Moodlytics&hl=en Currently its package name is 'AnantApps.Moodlytics'. (I know its not good practice to use capital letters for package name)

Now I am going to give an update to my application.

So my question is : Can I use 'anantApps.moodlytics' (all with small letters) as package name instead of the original one? Will current live application will be affected by this or not?

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 21 '13 at 14:09

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No you can't, look here: http://android-developers.blogspot.nl/2011/06/things-that-cannot-change.html Because the package name is an unique name of you package and android cannot determine if it belongs to your older package name. And so it treats it like if it were another app.

answered Oct 21 '13 at 14:09

Stein Dekker

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Even though, i am just changing uppercase to lowercase? – iRoid Solutions Oct 21 '13 at 14:15
Yes because !"packagename".equals("pAcKaGeNAme"); – Stein Dekker Oct 21 '13 at 14:24
please see my another question which is related to this one. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19510462/android-parse-error-installation-error-install-parse-failed-manifest-malformed – iRoid Solutions Oct 22 '13 at 06:25

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 21 '13 at 14:09

Unfortunately, you cannot "update" your application with a different package name. The package name of an application is case sensitive. Once it's published, you can't do anything about it.

See : http://android-developers.blogspot.fr/2011/06/things-that-cannot-change.html

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