Different app names for different build flavors?

Question

I have 2 build flavors, say, flavor1 and flavor2.

I would like my application to be named, say, \"AppFlavor1\" when I build for flavor1 an

Answer 1

Remove app_name from strings.xml (else gradle will complain of duplicate resources). Then modify build file like this:

productFlavors {
    flavor1{
        resValue "string", "app_name", "AppNameFlavor1"
    }

    flavor2{
        resValue "string", "app_name", "AppNameFlavor2"
    }
   } 

Also make sure @string/app_name value is assigned for android:label attribute in the manifest.

This is less disruptive than creating new strings.xml under different built sets or writing custom scripts.