Android : Change App Label programmatically

Question

How can I change application label to change app name shown from java code in android? I\'m refering to:

Answer 1

As Mister Smith said, it is not possible,

but you could use multiple ActivityAlias, which can be enabled/disabled dynamically and point to the same targetActivity. Therefore create your chooser for the app name - let the user select one and enable the ActivityAlias via the packageManager:

ComponentName componentName = new ComponentName(context, context.getPackageName() + "." + aliasName);
        context.getPackageManager().setComponentEnabledSetting(componentName,
                                                               PackageManager.COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_ENABLED,
                                                               PackageManager.DONT_KILL_APP);

To hide the old alias, use the same code with the flag : COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED

You can also add the possibility to directly add a shortcut to the home launcher, after you enabled the alias. There are plenty ways described here on sow.