Valid name for Android Package Name

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If I own a domain name like e.g Dan-Carlos.com

Does the andoid package name allow use like com.dan-carlos.com?

I have not tried using it but I am curious if anyone tried domain name with hyphen '-' in it.

Good answer on package naming conventions followed. http://stackoverflow.com/a/6273935/392271 — Willem Ellis, Jun 08 '12 at 18:23

score 15 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 08 '12 at 18:24

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refer to my working years and some web pages like this you should replace "-" dashes with "_" underline.

if web site is : dan-carlos.com

package name is : com.dan_carlos

answered Jun 08 '12 at 18:24

Maziar Aboualizadehbehbahani

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I just experimented and package name --> package com.dan_carlos.pname worked. THANKS a lot. – anwarma Jun 09 '12 at 01:25

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered May 11 '15 at 09:48

According to the docs :

A full Java-language-style package name for the application. The name should be unique. The name may contain uppercase or lowercase letters ('A' through 'Z'), numbers, and underscores ('_'). However, individual package name parts may only start with letters.

So, sadly you can't use anything else except for English letters, digits, the character "." and the character "_" .

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 08 '12 at 18:24

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No unfortunately the hyphen '-' is not acceptable in a package name.

You can simply test this out by right clicking a project and going to properties -> Android -> rename application package and try out what is accepted

answered Jun 08 '12 at 18:24

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered May 11 '15 at 10:00

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Allowed characters in package name are A to Z (small and caps case), period (.) and underscore ( _ ). So you can have package name com.dan.carlos or com.dan_carlos

answered May 11 '15 at 10:00

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Valid name for Android Package Name

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