I’d like to deploy both Debug and Release builds to my device at the same time. I can do this if I manually change the package name in the manifest before I build, e.g. change
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="my.package">
to
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="my.packageDEBUG">
However, I’d like to do this automatically when I’m building the solution. If I do a Debug build, it’ll build with package="my.packageDEBUG" in the manifest.
Is this possible, and if so, how?
You’ll need to create a custom Pre-Build Event for your project.
Right-click on your project and select Properties…
Then click on Build Events and add this to the Pre-build event textbox:
PowerShell -File "$(SolutionDir)Update-PackageName.ps1" $(ProjectDir) $(ConfigurationName)
Copy the following PowerShell script and save it in your solution folder as Update-PackageName.ps1
param ([string] $ProjectDir, [string] $ConfigurationName)
Write-Host "ProjectDir: $ProjectDir"
Write-Host "ConfigurationName: $ConfigurationName"
$ManifestPath = $ProjectDir + "Properties\AndroidManifest.xml"
Write-Host "ManifestPath: $ManifestPath"
[xml] $xdoc = Get-Content $ManifestPath
$package = $xdoc.manifest.package
If ($ConfigurationName -eq "Release" -and $package.EndsWith("DEBUG"))
{
$package = $package.Replace("DEBUG", "")
}
If ($ConfigurationName -eq "Debug" -and -not $package.EndsWith("DEBUG"))
{
$package = $package + "DEBUG"
}
If ($package -ne $xdoc.manifest.package)
{
$xdoc.manifest.package = $package
$xdoc.Save($ManifestPath)
Write-Host "AndroidManifest.xml package name updated to $package"
}
Good luck!
Answer：
According to this question on Xamarin’s forum you can change the Packaging Properties and specify different AndroidManifest.xml files for each build.
In the droid.csproj file add the <AndroidManifest> tag like so, for each build configuration:
<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
...
<AndroidManifest>Properties\AndroidManifestDbg.xml</AndroidManifest>
...
Here’s the Xamarin’s documentation on it.
Tags: androidandroid, dynamic
