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Asked: 2026-05-21T21:23:29+00:00

I know that the standard convention for package names in Android is com.companyname.project ….

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I know that the standard convention for package names in Android is com.companyname.project …. etc
I was wondering if it makes sense to use il.co instead for a company based in Israel, especially since I have a website that with .co.il and there is a .com out there for someone else.

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  1. Editorial Team

    This package naming convention exists primarily to avoid naming clashes (with a few positive side-effects).

    So if you control the DNS name companyname.co.il but not companyname.com, then the safe bet is to use il.co.companyname. Othrewise your names might clash with those of whoever owns companyname.com.

    If that other owner is unlikely to produce software (or produces software that’s unlikely to be used in the same field as yours), you could risk using com.companyname, but that brings us to another side effect:

    People assume that refersing the domain-part of a package often leads to the producers homepage. So if you call itcom.companyname and companyname.com doesn’t actually point to your homepage, then that might confuse.

    My suggestion: use il.co.companyname.

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