i want to create multiple copies of android application in same device. first approach is i can make Create user account in my app and then i am able to use two accounts of whatsapp,yahoo etc applications but i fail to do this please help me how can i do this stuf...
actually i want to make an app like this app : app Cloner
this App is actually manage two account simultaneously in android device. Please provide guideline how can i achieve this functionality..
And find a solution for this we have to create an virtual environment like as lody done so for this we need to implement C and Java knowledge because without the knowledge of NDK we can not create applications to manage multiple accounts.
So we need to create virtual core inside our app that provide virtual environment for other applications.
Working Examples
Document Virtual app
Best Google Example
All you have to do is make sure that you change the package name, applicationId and create a variant, you can follow this link to do it.
How to install different app variants on one Android device
Important:
If you want also you can read this files into the apk file..
And as a DevrimTuncer mentioned:
You can decompile your apk with apktool and your manifest will be readable. After editing your manifest you can compile and create apk again. Remember to sign you apk after creating new apk. Link to the answer Here:
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I've got an app in Google Play, as well as on Amazon Appstore, Huawei Marketplace, Samsung Apps and one more e-shop in China.
It's a puzzle game. Regularly, I implement new types of puzzles. Each time, I then have to make them available to the users by creating new version of the app and publishing it to those 5 shops.
Implementation of a single puzzle consists of 2 Java classes, a binary file and a few pngs (icons).
I am thinking that maybe it would be possible to write my app in a way so that it could instead download such 'puzzle modules' from my server? The apk would then need to be able to download executable Java code from Internet and somehow 'adjoin' it as a module to itself. Is that possible?
it is possibile, but it is also restricted in some stores, in Google Play for shure. (also possible on iOS, also restricted in App Store)
this is just very unsafe letting developers adding some executable code without store reviews and informing users, so policies are forbidding it
I am trying to make an app that can easily keep sending files to different apps(whichever the user is running currently), when those apps make request to my app for files.
I was going through this link Sharing a file in Android , Sharing simple data in android and also Sharecompat Blog.
In these links they use a chooser interface to select target apps which I don't want.
My goal is that those other apps can communicate with my app without any clicks or selection.
And In response I can provide them the necessary files.
But I couldn't find anything which can help me build my desired app.
How Can I do it?
Please, Any suggesstions.
I am new to android and java development although I am an expert with IPTV and I have made the biggest Greek and Cyprus IPTV but since there is a lack of Greek IPTV android apps I decided to make one application.I found IPTVCore on playstore which is made by the developer of the IPTV app.In the description it has a link on an app that uses iptv core github
I downloaded the zip changed the icons and renamed the files. In MainActivity.java I removed the first comments and added my playlist url and changed package name.
I have android studio and eclipse with android addons.
How to make it an apk?
If you mean to simply be able to load it onto a devices to test then both Eclipse and Studio will allow you do this when you elect 'Run' and have a device attached via the USB (with USB debugging enabled). This will actually install the apk on your device so you can test it.
If you mean actually making the apk available for others (via the play store for example) then you should look and the Android publishing documentation:
http://developer.android.com/tools/publishing/publishing_overview.html
In very broad terms, you develop the app, build it, test it etc and then when it is ready for release you build it for release (remove all debug code, test data etc), sign the app, and release it via a marketplace like Play Store, or avi email or your own web site.
One important thing to remember is to version the app properly - the is important for all the obvious reasons (users or support wanting to know the version) but also because the marketplace update mechanisms may use it to check what versions can be updated etc.
Update - answering the question in the comment below:
There are two approaches suggested in the Readme file with the project:
To build you custom IPTV app you can do one of the following:
Clone iptv.example project, change app name, launcher icon, and
package name.
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Create new Android project with empty activity and use
the code from MainActivity.java
The second one might actually be simpler for you if you know how to create a simple Android project - just do that and then replace the MainActivity code in the newly created project with the code in the MainActivity file (the only java source file) in the githib project you have downloaded.
My question is simple, as in other operating systems like Windows, you can install a program specific content, such as images in the directory of another program so he can have it available for use.
I have understood that Android is based on Linux, and the app can not communicate directly with other.
So i was wondering if it is possible to do this, and if possible what steps should I consider.
To understand that I mean an example would be an app that you install emoticons in whatsapp for example.
Thanks.
There is a third answer.
If you're the same author for both apps, it's possible if you assign the same sharedUserId in the manifest of both apps and if you sign those two apps with the same key.
This way, both those apps will be treated as one by the system.
See this answer on StackOverflow: https://stackoverflow.com/a/16270487/320111
The File dir of an android app is strictly private and only accessable for that app. Even if you could access it on a rooted phone or through some other way, the emoticons for WhatsApp are contained in the Application package. If you want different emoticons for Whatsapp, you will have to decompile, exchange the emoticons, recompile and sign the WhatsApp apk file. This isn't worth the effort, since you could only exchange existing emoticons and it would only be different for you. (I know because i tried myself) Here is a tutorial.
You can't "install content" on another app, but you can share content providers.
I am designing an app for Android, iPhone/iPad and Windows Phone using GWT and PhoneGap. GWT will allow me to write the entire app in Java (my strong suit, unlike JavaScript or CSS) and will translate it into cross-browser JavaScript/AJAX. PhoneGap will then wrap that resultant JavaScript and turn it into a native app for each of the three platforms mentioned above.
I would like to have a "plugin-oriented architecture", whereby users can optionally purchase (or qualify for through other means) "add-ons" (plugins/extensions) that will enhance the functionality of the app.
Normally I would accomplish this by using the Java Simple Plugin Framework (JSPF) and allow users to download plugin JARs as they paid for them. These plugin JARs would then be added to the classpath of the main app so that the next time it starts and scans the classpath for plugins, it finds them and loads them.
Is this possible with native apps? I don't believe I can deploy anything other than APK, IPA and XAP (Android, iPhone and WinPhone respectively) files to these marketplaces.
In Java-land, this would be like having to download a "base" app in the form of an executable JAR (containing its own main method), and then having to download a "plugin" app that is also an exectuable JAR, and somehow get the two to behave like a normal plugin architecture (which would be if you have 1 exectuable JAR base app and then 1+ plugin non-executable JAR libs).
So I ask: how do add-ons work for native apps from a deployment/download perspective? How do you get 2 or more APKs/IPAs/XAPs to communicate with each other on the client-side? If not possible, how do native app developers handle add-ons (I know they exist, I've seen them!)? Thanks in advance!
as for iPhone - the only way is to implement the additional features and have them disabled until the user purchases in app to unlock the feature.
In Android you can have apps communicate with each other so that the user can just load add-on apps that provide only the add-on functionality. For more detail on this.. android communication between two applications
WP8 - I do not yet have experience
Although I am not a core Android Developer, here are some suggestions from my experience with Android till now:
One possible solution for Android is to use Updates for application. One way to achieve this is using a Background Service which checks for updates whenever app starts or use GCM (Google Cloud Messaging) to push update messages to the app. Second option is much better as you can provide instant update to the user ,on per device basis (a user can have multiple devices), as soon as he/she has bought your add on feature. After the user has got the update message you can download the whole app with new feature and update app on the device. Of course in this case you need to backup the existing data of the app and restore after installation of updated app.
I don't know if this thing can be done but it would be also be an good option in my opinion if you can provide a legitimate user, who have bought the particular add on, an updated app through Android Market.
Another way is to create each add on as a Service and then let the main app can detect (or bind) those services at startup and if they are available, your app can communicate with them easily. You can even call the UI portion of the newly deployed add on from your main app by using Intents and BroadcastReceivers.
You may also find this useful as far as Android is concerned:
However, there are ways for an application to share data with other
applications and for an application to access system services:
It's possible to arrange for two applications to share the same Linux
user ID, in which case they are able to access each other's files. To
conserve system resources, applications with the same user ID can also
arrange to run in the same Linux process and share the same VM (the
applications must also be signed with the same certificate).
Hope this gives some useful information to you.