Build multiple (test/prod) versions of Android APKs in Eclipse

Question

I\'m looking to optimize generating of slightly different APKs of the same Android app, the only difference being the http API server it\'s using (dev/staging/prod).

Answer 1

I think using ant build script would be the easiest solution. Eclipse supports ant build, so you can run ant command in eclipse.

You can solve your problem with ant like this.

1. prepare two xml android resource file.
2. build a package with resource #1
3. overwrite resource #1 with content of resource #2
4. build another package

xml would be like this:

resource #1:

    dev

resource #2:

    staging

and ant script would be like this: