Provide a Way to Edit AndroidManifest.xml

[Shin-NiL]

This is just a feature request based on some of the difficulties I have had lately working with Android modules.

It would be interesting to have a way to edit the entire AndroidManifest.xml file and not just some specific fields (package name, some permissions, etc) as it does today. This way, the user can have more control over more specific cases that which were not initially foreseen.

Today, modules like GPGS need to be recompiled for every app because it has to have the app id inserted on the AndroidManifest and it's a real pain to maintain serveral apps this way.

I'm unable to update the Admob module because in the Google SDK latest versions a provider authority is auto inserted in the final AndroidManifest:

<provider android:authorities="com.godot.game.mobileadsinitprovider" android:exported="false" android:initOrder="100" android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.MobileAdsInitProvider"/>

Which is a problem, because two apps can't have the same value, but it's impossible to change it without hack the gradle build files. Even if it was a easy way to edit the gradle files before compiling the template, we would be in the same situation as GPGS, one compilation per app.

[volzhs]

related #18865

[salomander86]

@Shin-NiL How did you hacked gradle build files? I have this issue right now and have no idea what to do...

[Shin-NiL]

@salomander86 I have to edit the generated build.gradle file to add a unique application id:

android {
    defaultConfig.applicationId = "com.company.appname"
}

[salomander86]

@Shin-NiL so, each time, before compile templates for different games I need to change this name?

[Shin-NiL]

@salomander86 yeah, that's it :(

[Calinou]

This is now possible in the new Android exporting system, closing. See Custom builds for Android in the documentation.

See also #6800.