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APC - Automagic Package Changer

APC v1.2.0 — "MANIFEST DESTINY"

One bug. One fix. No ceremony.

What broke and why

Some games declare custom permissions using a mixed-case version of their own package name — not the lowercase package ID you'd expect. This was reported by a user on reddit and then i asked them to make an issue, it was issue #17 which should be closed by this release.

Walkabout Mini Golf is a good example (and its the one that brought it to my attention through the reddit user):

package:  com.mightycoconut.walkaboutminigolf
permission declared as:  com.MightyCoconut.WalkaboutMiniGolf.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

APC was renaming the package just fine, but those <permission> declarations? Untouched. So the renamed APK showed up still claiming a permission that the original Horizon+ install already owned, and Android threw:

INSTALL_FAILED_DUPLICATE_PERMISSION: Package com.apc.MightyCoconut.WalkaboutMiniGolf attempting
to redeclare permission com.MightyCoconut.WalkaboutMiniGolf.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
already owned by com.MightyCoconut.WalkaboutMiniGolf

The fix: the manifest editor now does a case-insensitive pass over the entire manifest after its targeted replacements. com.MightyCoconut.WalkaboutMiniGolf is the same package as com.mightycoconut.walkaboutminigolf — APC knows that now. Same fix applied to string constants in smali, where permission names can also appear.

Bug fixes

  • INSTALL_FAILED_DUPLICATE_PERMISSION on games with mixed-case permission names — manifest <permission> and <uses-permission> declarations are now renamed with a case-insensitive match, so any capitalization of the old package name gets caught and updated. Smali string constants get the same treatment.

Downloads

File What it is
AutomagicPackageChanger-v1.1.2-Portable.exe Single file. Run it. Done.
AutomagicPackageChanger-v1.1.2-Setup.exe For the "click Next a few times" folks

Bundled JRE — no Java install required.

What is this thing

APC renames Android APK package names so you can sideload games you own through Horizon+ alongside a fresh Rookie install without them fighting over the same package ID. Drop an APK in, pick a rename mode, get a renamed and re-signed APK back out. OBBs get renamed automatically. No command line, no Java wrangling.

Full changelog

  • fix: manifest editor now performs a case-insensitive final pass to rename custom <permission> and <uses-permission> declarations that use mixed-case variants of the old package name
  • fix: smali string constant replace is now case-insensitive for the same reason

// SAIL THE DIGITAL SEAS //

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