Package naming conventions

Question

We usually have this naming convention - com.something.something in Android. Is it valid if we do not use the com. part and just keep it like something.something (provided that something.something is unique)

Answer 1

https://stackoverflow.com/a/4620116/6441416

I don't think it would be valid but anyway. Look through his answer. Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Usually Android follows the naming convention as Java, I think it doesn't make any difference if it is a unique application id..

As per Android Developers

If you have a company domain www.example.com

Than you should use:

com.example.region.projectname

If you own a domain name like example.co.uk than it should be:

uk.co.example.region.projectname

But though many application doesn't have any prefix of domain and also they are running on Play Store for example

Answer 3

The proper way to naming an apk is starting with com.somthing.But not mandatory for google play store.This format comes to make an app id is unique.So you can give your app id anything you want to.