What does the ${applicationName} in flutter AndroidManifest.xml means?

Question

The AndroidManifext.xml has this code:

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.example.skeleton">
   <application
        android:label="skeleton"
        android:name="${applicationName}"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher">

On what real value the applicationName is interpolated?

Answer 1

This value is set by the Flutter Gradle plugin.

It can have 2 value :

If you have multidex enabled and your app has a minSdk less than 20, this value will be io.flutter.app.FlutterMultiDexApplication.

Else, it will be android.app.Application.

You can override this value by setting the base-application-name property (in the gradle.properties of your android folder for example).

Source -
flutter.gradle
flutter.gradle.kts

Remember that you can always inspect the resulting APK (in build/app/outputs/flutter-apk) to see what value is in the final Manifest. Or you can just read the merged manifest in build/app/intermediates/merged_manifests/debug/AndroidManifest.xml.