Question

My question comes in two parts:

• Where does the Title field in the Listing Details display (Developer Console)?
• How does one set the title that appears under the icon of the app?

I do not need very detailed answers.

Answer 1

Have a look at your AndroidManifest.xml file. I’ll have something like

<application android:icon="@drawable/icon"
             android:label="@string/app_name"
             android:debuggable="false">
   ...
</appliation>

Then find the app_name string in your string resources file:

<string name="app_name">My application</string>

That’s your application name. It will be displayed in the title bar and under the icon on the device.

When you upload an app to the market (sorry, google-play), you can enter a 30-char title of your app. Normally, you would enter the same title as you have in your app, however it can be different. Whatever you put into that field will be displayed as the title of the app when users search for or view details of your app in the Market (sorry, google play).

As a test, I just changed the name of one of my apps in the dev console and then searched for that app in the market. The new name was displayed when I opened the app details. However when I install that app, its name is what I have included in the manifest. (I changed the name back now.)