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How to structure AndroidManifest.xml with custom directory structure

I have a directory structure like this:

build.gradle
module/
build.gradle
pack/
AndroidManifest.xml
src/
com/
example/
sub/
main/
index.java
foo/
index.java
bar/
index.java


I am not quite sure that is right in the first place (too many top-level folders it seems like). It seems like it should be more like this instead:

build.gradle
AndroidManifest.xml
com/
example/
sub/
main/
index.java
foo/
index.java
bar/
index.java


Ideally I would like to have it just be like this:

build.gradle
AndroidManifest.xml
src/
main/
index.java
foo/
index.java
bar/
index.java


Either way, the question is, how to write the AndroidManifest.xml so that it handles the main/index.java as the starting point. I have this currently:

main/index.java

<manifest
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.sub">
<application android:label="myproject">
<activity
android:name=".main"
android:label="myproject">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>


Wondering how I should change these three parts:

<application android:label="myproject">
<activity
android:name=".main"
android:label="myproject">


I would prefer not to create the xml resource files like in the res folder to keep strings.xml for the name and such. I would just like to hardcode the name into the AndroidManifest.xml if possible.

res

strings.xml

Also note, the main/index.java file contains a class such as MyActivity.

main/index.java

MyActivity

android:name=".main/index"

2 Answers
2

As far as I know, it is not possible. It is default project structure and you can not modify the AndroidManifest.xml file to have your custom directory structure for your Android project.

AndroidManifest.xml

<application android:label="myproject">
<activity
android:name=".main"
android:label="myproject">


Here android:label value is string resource. You can either modify them in res/values/strings.xml which is recommended or you can hardcode them and update them here only.

android:label

res/values/strings.xml

recommended

As You want to access the index.java file which is located in the path

index.java

file

path

src/
com/
example/
sub/
main/
index.java


You need to change the package name like below:-

package

<manifest
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.sub.main">
<application android:label="myproject">
<activity
android:name=".index"
android:label="myproject">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>


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