Change app name

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Cryceratops

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Aug 19, 2013
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I'm wondering if there's a practical way, or any at all to change the name of an app in the app drawer (not the home screen). I tried to edit the Manifest.xml file but the string I was looking for wasn't in there. Thanks.
 

Nico3d3

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Oct 17, 2013
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Apart from using the launcher, the only other way I could think of would be to decompile the apk with apktool and then you can edit the app name string. It's inside /res/value/string.xml

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Also, I'm using kklauncher and it does allow me to change the app name in app drawer
 

Cryceratops

Senior Member
Aug 19, 2013
161
26
Vancouver
Apart from using the launcher, the only other way I could think of would be to decompile the apk with apktool and then you can edit the app name string. It's inside /res/value/string.xml

---------- Post added at 04:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:41 PM ----------

Also, I'm using kklauncher and it does allow me to change the app name in app drawer

Thanks, this is what I ended up doing, decompiling and editing it. Works great