Create separate apk for separate flavor in android

Question

I have used build.gradle(app) to create different flavors of apk. But installing different flavors of same apk overrides the previous one. I want to create different apks to run on same device simultaneously. I want to create different apk with different appicon which can be installed on same device and run simultaneously. Any link or tutorial or direct help is appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

@Murtaza, if package name changes , referring to those files in "main->java" folder would be handled manually ? — SimpleCoder, Oct 14 '15 at 13:15
@Mortaza , is it creating 2 different app icon in menu for flavor1 and flavor2 simultaneously ? I tried it , but it is replacing each other while installing . — SimpleCoder, Oct 15 '15 at 05:24

Murtaza Khursheed Hussain · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-14T13:23:24.863

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Change the PackageName of the flavor

Sample Gradle File

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {

    lintOptions {
        abortOnError false
    }


    compileSdkVersion 21
    buildToolsVersion "21.1.2"

    defaultConfig {
        minSdkVersion 14
        targetSdkVersion 16
    }

    buildTypes {
        debug {
            minifyEnabled false
            zipAlignEnabled true
        }
        release {
            minifyEnabled true
            zipAlignEnabled true
        }
    }
    productFlavors {
        Flavor1 {
            applicationId "com.falvor.one" //This is where you change the package name
        }
        Flavor2 {
            applicationId "com.falvor.two"
        }
    }
}

Flavor Hierarchy in Android

- src/main/java
- src/flavor1
--------------Java
----------------Your java files
--------------res
----------------Drawable

src/flavor2/java

For more understanding, follow this link

edited Oct 14 '15 at 13:23

answered Oct 14 '15 at 13:12

Murtaza Khursheed Hussain

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where i can define icon for each flavor – Ashish Agrawal Oct 14 '15 at 13:17
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You need to create a folder in `src` named "Flavor1" and "Flavor2" respectively. in each of that folder you need to create a same hierarchy as of MAIN folder – Murtaza Khursheed Hussain Oct 14 '15 at 13:19
could u give me some link of github where it is done,because i tried it but i did not get success – Ashish Agrawal Oct 14 '15 at 13:20
@ Ashish, @Mortaza , is it creating 2 different app icon in menu for flavor1 and flavor2 simultaneously ? I tried it , but it is replacing each other while installing . – SimpleCoder Oct 15 '15 at 05:17
Then you are doing it wrong. Follow the link in my answer, you'll know how to separate files for each environment – Murtaza Khursheed Hussain Oct 15 '15 at 09:26
It is working on mac and not in windows. I dont know why . – SimpleCoder Oct 20 '15 at 08:19
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It has nothing to do with the OS. – Murtaza Khursheed Hussain Oct 20 '15 at 09:29

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 14 '15 at 13:13

You need to create new productFlavors in your gradle file, like this;

productFlavors {
        Flavor1 {
            applicationId 'com.project.fl1'
            signingConfig signingConfigs.xx
            versionCode 1
        }
        Flavor2 {
            applicationId 'com.project.fl2'
            signingConfig signingConfigs.xx
            versionCode 1
        }
        Flavor3 {
            applicationId 'com.project.fl3'
            signingConfig signingConfigs.xx
            versionCode 1
        }
}

The important thing here is to give each one a unique applicationId, they can then be installed on the same phone.

Antonio Cappiello · Answer 3 · 2015-10-25T17:58:30.860

This post explains exactly how to achieve what you want step by step.

Most importantly:

add the product flavours container to the app build.gradle file

productFlavors { free { applicationId "antoniocappiello.com.buildvariantsexample.free" } paid { applicationId "antoniocappiello.com.buildvariantsexample.paid" } }
create inside src a directory with the exact name of the product flavour that you want to look different from the main variant, for example with the configuration at step 1 the directory name could be paid or free . And inside that directory create the subfolder res/drawable where you are going to place your new app launcher icon.

Directory structure example

@SimpleCoder you were looking for a tutorial and I provided it to you. Didn't you liked my answer http://stackoverflow.com/a/33332966/5485531 ? — Antonio Cappiello, Oct 27 '15 at 13:51

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