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How can I change the MAUI app executable name?
Rainer
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It seems that when an app is built in names the executable file based on the name of the project. That is, if your project is foo.csproj then the excutable will be foo. Is there any way to change this other than changing the .csproj file name?
Why do I want this? In my solution I would like the project for my app to better reflect the functionality of the project instead of the name. For example I have library projects like Configuration, Services, and ViewModels. I would like to name my MAUI app project just App, but if I do so then the executable becomes App instead of foo.
VS 17.5 (build 1802)
MAUI 7.0.59.
Developer technologies .NET .NET MAUI
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Anonymous2023-02-27T08:33:16.55+00:00 Could you share your VS version and MAUI version?
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Rainer 166 Reputation points
2023-02-27T09:54:44.9733333+00:00 VS 17.5 (build 1802), MAUI 7.0.59.
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Anonymous
2023-03-02T02:52:11.5333333+00:00 You can try to open MAUI project properties > select MAUI Shared General > change the Application Title, Application ID.
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Rainer 166 Reputation points
2023-03-03T11:30:30.92+00:00 @Anonymous , thanks for the suggestion. I don't see
MAUI Shared General, but if you mean theApp Infosettings (see the attached screenshot), then I already tried that. As you can see, the Application Title isbeerbox. But this does not control the name of the binary that gets build. Instead, it is the name of the .csproj file that controls the name of the binary. -
Anonymous
2023-03-06T08:00:56.5866667+00:00 Sorry, I forget to mention that I use VS for windows.
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Rainer 166 Reputation points
2023-03-07T12:10:24.9033333+00:00 So is this a bug in VS for Mac? It seems I must change the
.csprojfilename to change the built executable name.
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