How to change package name in android studio?

Question

I have made an app and it is my very first app so when I started coding, I left the package name as com.example.stuff and now when I try to upload to the play store it wont let me due to the package name. I have tried refactor-> rename the package name and changed it in the AndroidManifst.xml then I tried to upload again. I am once again left with the same message time after time.

I appreciate any help and thanks in advance. :)

Yes, but none of the answers there worked for me. Sometimes I think it's good to post a question a second time because people come with newer solutions. Or what is the normal practice here to ask people "Hey, I now in thread xyz the quetion was already askes. But the answers didn't help me. So may someone have a modern solution for this problem?"? — unlimited101, Nov 19 '15 at 08:17
The problem with this issue is that, IMO, all of the answers given are partial solutions. I have never seen an answer to this question that changes the package name everywhere. — Dean Blakely, Dec 26 '15 at 22:52

score 76 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 28 '14 at 13:51

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First click once on your package and then click setting icon on Android Studio.

Close/Unselect Compact Empty Middle Packages

Then, right click your package and rename it.

Thats all.

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answered Dec 28 '14 at 13:51

Mehmet

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Also, this video explain how solve your problem [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNcrzOMugn8](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNcrzOMugn8) – Mehmet Dec 28 '14 at 13:53
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Btw dont forget rebuild your application after make your changes. **Build>Rebuild App** – Mehmet Dec 28 '14 at 14:03
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Just want to add, that is need to go to build.gradle (of the module) and change ApplicationID to – Shudy Jun 06 '16 at 10:40
This is the perfect, accurate, appropriate, standard, best, amazing and proper way. Dot. – sandhya sasane Apr 30 '18 at 06:07

score 54 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 15 '14 at 16:14

In projects that use the Gradle build system, what you want to change is the applicationId in the build.gradle file. The build system uses this value to override anything specified by hand in the manifest file when it does the manifest merge and build.

For example, your module's build.gradle file looks something like this:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 20
    buildToolsVersion "20.0.0"

    defaultConfig {
        // CHANGE THE APPLICATION ID BELOW
        applicationId "com.example.fred.myapplication"
        minSdkVersion 10
        targetSdkVersion 20
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
    }
}

applicationId is the name the build system uses for the property that eventually gets written to the package attribute of the manifest tag in the manifest file. It was renamed to prevent confusion with the Java package name (which you have also tried to modify), which has nothing to do with it.

by doing this the package name in did not change anywhere else (package and manifest) — Rachita Nanda, Apr 04 '15 at 08:28

score 28 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 05 '15 at 04:46

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It can be done very easily in one step. You don't have to touch AndroidManifest. Instead do the following:

right click on the root folder of your project.
Click "Open Module Setting".
Go to the Flavours tab.
Change the applicationID to whatever package name you want. Press OK.

answered Feb 05 '15 at 04:46

Moj

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Didn't work: Build APK did NOT observe new package name. – DSlomer64 Apr 17 '15 at 20:16
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I "lied". While the computer path still has old package name, APK somehow has new package name. Sorry. – DSlomer64 Apr 17 '15 at 20:24
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@DSlomer64 No worries. – Moj May 04 '15 at 04:00
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That's the only solution which worked for me. Other approache were error-prone. Also the ones here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16804093/android-studio-rename-package – unlimited101 Nov 19 '15 at 08:09
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But that didn't change the package names throughout the project – Dean Blakely Nov 29 '15 at 22:47
@DeanBlakely It's the package name in gradle that's important. That's all that matters. The package name in gradle trumps other names. – Moj Dec 07 '15 at 06:19
Didn't work, the package names from the project files remain the same as original, no changes made. – Lin Song Yang Mar 05 '16 at 04:50
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* *cough* * 4 steps * *cough* * – Ali Bdeir Aug 24 '16 at 07:46
Clear and Concise!! Very Thanks!! – gunjot singh Mar 14 '17 at 13:16
I have followed ur instruction but its not working. – siddhartha shankar May 28 '17 at 20:09
Worked for me, For all those said not changed, pls check in your gradle file , It will be changed there. – Mohammed mansoor Jun 23 '17 at 04:09
not working on android studio 3.0 – Abhishek Dec 06 '17 at 10:19

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