Wish Automatic naming of result at compile

TheMightySwe

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• Oct 15, 2014

• #1

Hi,

Do you think it is possible to get a function that names the output file after the project name?

Example, the project filename is "MyWonderFullApp.b4a" so the output name would be "MyWonderFullApp.apk"

Not neccesary when debugging.

// TMS

 

Erel

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• Oct 15, 2014

• #2

This is already the case unless the project name includes a character that is problematic. In that case the name changes to result.apk.

You can add a CustomBuildAction attribute that will make a copy of the APK to whichever name you like.

 

TheMightySwe

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• Oct 15, 2014

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Aha, our name contains a "+". Is that a "problematic" character and why? Isn't it better to just remove the "problematic" character than change the whole filename?

 

Erel

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• Oct 16, 2014

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It is possible to change it in the future. The name of the APK is not really important in most cases.

If it is important to you then try the custom build action suggestion. It should be simple.

 

Straker

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• Oct 16, 2014

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TheMightySwe said:

Aha, our name contains a "+". Is that a "problematic" character and why? Isn't it better to just remove the "problematic" character than change the whole filename?

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There are some chars 'forbidden' in a file name just because they are reserved for special purposes.
For example you cannot use wildchars AmIBad?.txt contains a forbidden '?'

 

Erel

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• Oct 16, 2014

• #6

The apk name in 99% of the cases is not important. You don't need to bother about these characters.

 

TheMightySwe

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• Oct 16, 2014

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Erel said:

The apk name in 99% of the cases is not important. You don't need to bother about these characters.

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But still "+" is not a "problematic character" in Windows or in Android. Not what I know of anyway.

B4X:

#If DEBUG
#CustomBuildAction: 4,c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe, rename "C:\B4A Projekt\Checkout+\CheckoutPlus\Objects\result_DEBUG.apk" CheckoutPlus_DEBUG.apk
#End If

#If RELEASE
#CustomBuildAction: 4,c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe, rename "C:\B4A Projekt\Checkout+\CheckoutPlus\Objects\result_DEBUG.apk" CheckoutPlus_RELEASE.apk
#End If

I could not get this to work, but as you said, it's NOT very important, just annoyng.

 

Erel

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• Oct 17, 2014

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The debug APK name is never important. You should have copy the file instead of renaming to avoid breaking the installation process.