AndroidManifest template problem/confusion

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#1

Values of AndroidManifest-Template are ignored, except some special settings like “uses-feature … required=false” which make it into the final app.
Most “base-values” get ignored and come from somewhere else.

Example:

Androidmanifest Template:
  <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:versionCode="777" android:versionName="1.2.5" ...>
  <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="10" android:targetSdkVersion="22"/>

project.xml
  <android min-sdk-version="7" />
  <meta title="TestApp" version="1.2.0" ..../>

Result:
  aapt dump badging app.apk 
    package: versionCode='5' versionName='1.2.0' 
    sdkVersion:'9'
    targetSdkVersion:'19'

VersionCode:
ignores the value of AndroidManifest
cant figure out how i can set it

Versionname:
Project.xml overwrites the value in Androidmanifest.

minSdkVersion:
ignores the value of AndroidManifest
ignores the value of Project.xml
always 9, cant figure out how i can set it

targetSdkVersion:
ignores the value of AndroidManifest
if i add it to the Project.xml it is used, else 19

I always thought that the values in AndroidManifest are the “final” values - ie. overwriting all other/previous values.
Or, what could be the reason for those “base-values” being ignored/overwritten?

If i use
<template  path="g-manifests/template-a.xml" rename="app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml" />
or
<template path="templates" /> - with a folder structure like (android/template/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml) inside
doesnt change the result.

:confused:
(I probably have this problem since the change to Openfl4)

#2

I dont get the Manifest-Merging.
My template-android-manifest ends up in Export/android/release/bin/app/src/main/ with all its values.

ManifestmergerReport reports “merging” 3-times the same file!?

android:versionName
  ADDED    from /DisplayingABitmap/Export/android/release/bin/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml:2:142-169
  INJECTED from /DisplayingABitmap/Export/android/release/bin/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
  INJECTED from /DisplayingABitmap/Export/android/release/bin/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

Still, the Manifest-template-values get overwritten by the different values from “gradle.properties”

For now my workaround, to set all base values is another template:

<template path="test/gradle.properties" rename="gradle.properties" />

Thats the only way i could find to set/force the 'versionCode".

… but i dont think that is the intended way.

What is the proper way to set the versionCode?

#3

You can sort of tell what the project.xml values are by looking at the original “gradle.properties” file, before it has been processed:

versionCode is automatically generated, based on the number of builds you have done for your project. Otherwise you can override using <meta build-number="1000" /> or you can also do things like <meta build-number="git" /> and <meta build-number="git+1000" /> if the project is under version control

Android build target SDK version is <config:android target-sdk-version="" /> and build min SDK version is <config:android minimum-sdk-version="" />, if I remember correctly

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