Lesson Plan: Unit - 02
Subject: P15A2AAD - Android Application Development
Topic of Study: Android Manifest File and it's usage with different features
Grade/Level: Master of Computer Applications
Objective: To understand the parameters of Android Manifest file with its features
Time Allotment: 55 Minutes
- Configuring Android Manifest File
- Android projects use a special configuration file called the Android manifest file.
- A file can store application settings.
- A settings such as…
- The application name and version,
- Permissions the application requires to run
- Application Components
- It is a specially formatted XML file.
- The manifest file is named AndroidManifest.xml
- Why Android Manifest File
- The information in this file is used by the Android system..
- Install and upgrade the application package.
- Display the application details such as name, icon.
- Specify application system requirements
- Launch application activities.
- Manage application permissions.
- Configure other advanced application configuration.
- Enable application settings such as debugging
- Exa.
- How to editing Android Manifest File
- Every android project has AndroidManifest.xml file.
- The Android manifest file is an XML file.
- You can edit the XML manually by clicking on the AndroidManifest.xml tab.
- Android manifest files generally include a single
tag with a single tag. - Every application must have an AndroidManifest.xml file in its root directory.
- Click on it and it will open following editor tabs.
- Sample of Text Tab
- Sample of Merged Manifest
- Merge Multiple Manifest Files
- Your APK file can contain just one AndroidManifest.xml file.
- Android Studio project may contain several—provided by the main source set, build variants, and imported libraries.
- So when building your app, the Gradle build merges all manifest files into a single manifest file that's packaged into your APK.
- The manifest merger tool combines all XML elements from each file.
- Merge Priorities
- The merger tool combines all the manifest files into one file by merging them sequentially based on each manifest file's priority.
- For example: if you have three manifest files, the lowest priority manifest is merged into the next highest priority, and then that is merged into the highest priority manifest
- Exa.
