How to change app name per Gradle build type

Question

I am trying to figure out a way to be able to change my application\'s app name per build type in gradle.

For instance, I would like the debug version to have

Answer 1

We need a solution to support app name with localization (for multi language). I have tested with @Nick Unuchek solution, but building is failed (not found @string/) . a little bit change to fix this bug: build.gradle file:

android {
    ext{
        APP_NAME = "@string/app_name_default"
        APP_NAME_DEV = "@string/app_name_dev"
    }

    productFlavors{

        prod{
            manifestPlaceholders = [ applicationLabel: APP_NAME]
        }

        dev{
            manifestPlaceholders = [ applicationLabel: APP_NAME_DEV ]
        }

    }

values\strings.xml:

    AAA prod
    AAA dev

values-en\strings.xml:

    AAA prod en
    AAA dev en

Manifest.xml: