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Android Too many ID

I'm building an Android app and I begin to have too many Id resources.
I wondered if there would be a way to have for example
TextView text = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.activity_name.item)
Thank you

This is not possible to my knowledge as the R class is generated and should not be edited.
But I think you can do the next best thing and make your naming convention match that format with underscores.
for example for all of your id's on the main page, this could be the text on a list element. MainPage_List_Text
Here is another so page you might find useful. Are there conventions on how to name resources?

Set android application's name

I am trying to set the name of my application and the name of my first activity to different values (I need trademark sign in my activity label, but not in the app name). I found this Naming my application in android and in the last comment the said if I set the app name using #string it will have affect, but it doesn't have. Is ther any way to do this?

On your onCreate()
String title = getTitle().toString();
setTitle(title + "(R)");
Being (R) the copyright symbol :)

AFAIK there is no way to achieve this in the manifest since the name attribute is used in the launcher automatically (I suggest that's what you mean with 'application name'). But you can do this in your code by simply using:
setTitle(R.string.yourActivityTitle)
-> The string in your manifest is used as "application name" and the string in your code is used for activity name.
Hope that helps...

how to change all package name in Eclipse?

I'm trying to change my package name in eclipse, i have tried everything, my last try was to change it from android tools-> rename application package but that didn't seem to change the package in the code files itself, i have more than one package in my app, so i selected the first one and pressed F2 then i typed in the same package name and it changed in the files, but when i selected the second package and pressed F2 i didn't want to change, it says package already exists ! i'm just wondering how the app name and package is read on Google play, is it from manifest file only ?

You have to right click on the package > Refacor > Rename

Easy way to change package name [duplicate]

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Is there a easy way to change the package name of an android project? When I change it in manifest from xxx.en to xxx.zh, I need to fix all "import xxx.en.R" to "import xxx.zh.R" in every java files! plz help me, a easy way is needed.

If you are using eclipse,
3 steps:
1) change in manifest
2) select project in navigator and press clt+h. Search from string
import xxx.en.R; In search tab you will get full list of string matches.
3) Right click any of the match and select replace all , enter the replace text as "import xxx.zh.R;"
Hit enter and its done.

You can try by: right click on your project > Android Tools > Rename Application Package. I think this link is useful for you: How to change package name of an Android Application

In the manifest file, instead of the old package name, put the new package name at every location
Your classes may need direct package name references like activity android:name="com.abc.Myactivity".
Right click the package name inside the project. Select Refactor>Rename and type the desired new package name. select "update references".
Change the layout xml files with the new package name

It is very easy
Just click on package which you want to change name than press F2 key it will show warning than press ok than rename package.
com.*.**
after press F2
Com.####.*

renaming the name of the APP alone in Android Eclipse IDE

I created a wonderful app, but I want to rename the "application name" alone... (i.e the name seen by the user on the app icon ) .. ( this isn't package renaming)
How do I do it, without creating a new one ...

In the strings.xml file, there is an element app_name which is used in the AndroidManifest's application element as the app's name. Just change the value of app_name in the strings.xml file to change the name of your app.

You don't need to refactor to change the name that people see. That is set in your res->values->Strings.xml file. You can call it what you want.

you can try Refactor -> rename.