Change App/Repo and package name - Flutter Template

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Hi all!

I’m struggling with a very “stupid” question. I’m trying to change the default app name that will be used to create the Flutter template of a new App.

Since I want to publish the repo in Github too, I prefer to remove “myapp” by changing with something else because when I’m uploading the repo to Github, even if I change everywhere “myapp” with “somethingelse” the repo will still be named “myapp”.

I’ve tried even by implementing the dev-dependency change_app_package_name (beucase I wanted to change /example with my developer name) as mentioned in a thread somewhere but it didn’t help.

After this I’ve tried to change the dev.nix settings and then rebuild the environment but I still see “myapp” in the top-left corner of the explorer… What am I missing?

Could you please help me?

Thanks in advance guys!

Best regards,
Simone

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Renaming and Reconfiguring

  1. Emptying MyApp’s Contents:
  • Action:
    • Navigate to the MyApp directory in your terminal.
    • Execute: rm -rf ./* .??*
  • Clarification:
    • This command removes all files and subdirectories within the MyApp directory, including hidden files. The MyApp directory itself remains.
  1. Creating the New Flutter Project:
  • Action:
    • While still in the MyApp directory, execute: flutter create my_new_app (or replace my_new_app with your desired project name).
  • Result:
    • A new Flutter project, contained within a directory named my_new_app, is created inside the MyApp directory.
  1. Updating dev.nix’s cwd:
 android = {
          cwd = "/home/user/myapp/my_new_app";
          command = ...whatever........

also do change the working directory in

 onCreate = { 
# Hope you can do it easily

just by using cd

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Thank you for your answer! I’ll give it a try soon and I’ll be back in this thread with the result!

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myapp would just be the name of the flutter package and after you rename it you could also delete the android and web folder and recreate with the command line:

flutter create --project-name="my_new_name" .