IF you are using Android Studio with Gradle, there is an easy way to do this. I still keep the the same packageName in AndroidManifest.xml (at least current gradle needs this duplicate definition)
AndroidManifest.xml
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:installLocation="internalOnly"
package="com.android.xyz">
build.gradle
def devBuildName = "dev"
def testBuildName = "test"
android {
defaultConfig {
versionCode 70
versionName "2.2.3"
minSdkVersion 10
targetSdkVersion 19
packageName "com.android.xyz"
}
buildTypes {
debug {
packageNameSuffix "."+devBuildName
versionNameSuffix "-"+devBuildName.toUpperCase()
}
test.initWith(buildTypes.debug)
test {
packageNameSuffix "."+testBuildName
versionNameSuffix "-"+testBuildName.toUpperCase()
}
}
}
You can look at my full dev/release example at github.