Nokia X 304 - The package name extracted from an APK file does not match the package name specified in the content item

Question

So the Quick, default publish app option did not work (which is a serious getting started / user experience issue). So I tried the standard option.

After I uploaded the app, I get this error

Errors 304 - The package name extracted from an APK file does not match the package name specified in the content item.

Now, this happens because I have the following development environment

1. Android Library project with packagename com.mcruiseon.caregiri
2. A Android project dependent on 1), with packagename in the manifest as com.mcruiseon.caregirihindjewadibeta

When I upload the app, I guess your validation extracts the file, compares the actual packagename of class files, with the androidmanifest file and comes up with this conflict.

Why do I have this setup ? Its called multiple builds project supported by Android (http://developer.android.com/tools/projects/index.html) My scenario is that I am building a carpool app, and I will use the same source code to build a bike pool app. And the same code base to build a demo app (marketing / sales buys can use to demonstrate to people on the road and in road shows). Its like the preprocessor directive thingy in C #ifdef.

Answer 1

I doubt it matters what java package you use for your classes.

I think you have made a typo entering the package name for the application metadata during publishing. You can verify the packagename of your apk with the aapt command (it's located in you Android SDK/build-tools/[version]/aapt) by running:

$ aapt d badging YOURAPPLICATION.apk
package: name='com.mcruiseon.caregirihindjewadibeta' versionCode='1' versionName='1.0.0'
...

Use the name attribute there (I assume it will be com.mcruiseon.caregirihindjewadibeta) as the Package name of your content item during publishing.