(Note: app_name is used in AndroidManifest.xml the application name) The Full version will be named “Full App” and the Demo version will be named “Demo App”.

We also gave them different names, defined by app_name. Doing this allows us to install both applications at the same time on a device since they have unique applicationIds. We set applicationId and app_name string resource in each flavor. In the above block, we defined “demo” and “full” product flavors.

Product flavor is configured in ade file. The “Full” version app will make web service calls where as the “Demo” version app will return canned data so no web service calls are made. We will add a different flavor called “Demo” version for our marketing team so users can use the app without the real data. To illustrate our point, this fully integrated app will be called the “Full” version. In this post we will build a simple weather app that will display the current temperature for a given city using. This is useful when you want the same application but with different features per flavor (e.g. ProductFlavor is a very powerful feature available in the Android gradle plugin that allows us to manage different “flavors” of an application.

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