Ok. I give up... Android Application Label question

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Stobe buzztouch Evangelist Posts: 1527 Reg: Mar 04, 2011 Fredericksburg,... 24,670	confirm \| cancel 01/20/12 01:11 PM (12 years ago) Ok. I give up... Android Application Label question I've read and read and read, lol. I've changed and recompiled multiple times. Now I come to you for help. I've compiled my BT v1.5 android app and installed it on a test device. But the label under the icon does not seem to want to change to what I'm trying. I've refactored the project name..... I've changed the label in the manifest..... I've changed the name in the BT_Info file... but it doesn't seem to change. If I go into Manage Applications, it shows the correct label. But in the main scrolling menu, the name under the icon is still wrong. Where do I change that? Thanks! (I thought xCode was cryptic, lol!) Title Comments I've read and read and read, lol. I've changed and recompiled multiple times. Now I come to you for help. I've compiled my BT v1.5 android app and installed it on a test device. But the label under the icon does not seem to want to change to what I'm trying. I've refactored the project name..... I've changed the label in the manifest..... I've changed the name in the BT_Info file... but it doesn't seem to change. If I go into Manage Applications, it shows the correct label. But in the main scrolling menu, the name under the icon is still wrong. Where do I change that? Thanks! (I thought xCode was cryptic, lol!)

David @ buzztouch buzztouch Evangelist Posts: 6866 Reg: Jan 01, 2010 Monterey, CA 78,840	01/20/12 01:21 PM (12 years ago) The name can only come from two places. 1) The AndroidManifest.xml file 2) The strings.xml file. The AndroidManifest should 'point to' the strings file to then pull the application name / label from that .xml file. Could it be that the AndroidManifest.xml file is not 'pointing' to the strings file but instead is hard-coded or typed in the file? Stumped. Comments The name can only come from two places. 1) The AndroidManifest.xml file 2) The strings.xml file. The AndroidManifest should 'point to' the strings file to then pull the application name / label from that .xml file. Could it be that the AndroidManifest.xml file is not 'pointing' to the strings file but instead is hard-coded or typed in the file? Stumped.

Stobe buzztouch Evangelist Posts: 1527 Reg: Mar 04, 2011 Fredericksburg,... 24,670	01/20/12 01:28 PM (12 years ago) Where is the strings.xml? (I don't see it while poking around in the project in eclipse.) I did hard code the label in the manifest (to what I want it to say). It was pointing to @app_name previously, but I hard coded it to test if the app_name was wrong. Everything I've read says the label underneath the icon is set by the 'label' property in the manifest. Like I said, when I go into Manage Apps, it starts off showing the package name, and then it changes to the label I have set (which is correct, unlike the one being displayed in the menu/list of apps). Comments Where is the strings.xml? (I don't see it while poking around in the project in eclipse.) I did hard code the label in the manifest (to what I want it to say). It was pointing to @app_name previously, but I hard coded it to test if the app_name was wrong. Everything I've read says the label underneath the icon is set by the 'label' property in the manifest. Like I said, when I go into Manage Apps, it starts off showing the package name, and then it changes to the label I have set (which is correct, unlike the one being displayed in the menu/list of apps).

Fred@mySkylla com Android Fan Posts: 5259 Reg: Oct 03, 2011 location unknow... 62,560	01/20/12 01:36 PM (12 years ago) Have you redownloaded the source code after making changes in the BT control panel? Comments Have you redownloaded the source code after making changes in the BT control panel?

Stobe buzztouch Evangelist Posts: 1527 Reg: Mar 04, 2011 Fredericksburg,... 24,670	01/20/12 01:38 PM (12 years ago) Found the strings.xml file in /res/values ...recompiling....reinstalling... Comments Found the strings.xml file in /res/values ...recompiling....reinstalling...

Stobe buzztouch Evangelist Posts: 1527 Reg: Mar 04, 2011 Fredericksburg,... 24,670	01/20/12 01:45 PM (12 years ago) that was it. Thanks David. there must be another place that defines the label for the menu icon that references that string. I was using the more 'user interface' looking manifest, rather than the text version manifest.xml, and while it was changing the label in the xml, there must be a separate label for the menu icon that still comes straight from the string. Comments that was it. Thanks David. there must be another place that defines the label for the menu icon that references that string. I was using the more 'user interface' looking manifest, rather than the text version manifest.xml, and while it was changing the label in the xml, there must be a separate label for the menu icon that still comes straight from the string.

David @ buzztouch buzztouch Evangelist Posts: 6866 Reg: Jan 01, 2010 Monterey, CA 78,840	01/20/12 01:51 PM (12 years ago) Cool. I've never used the GUI interface for editing the .xml files in Eclipse. Confuses me ;-) Comments Cool. I've never used the GUI interface for editing the .xml files in Eclipse. Confuses me ;-)

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