How do I install an app into the data/app folder instead of the system/app folder in an AOSP build?

Question

I put my application folder in ``` packages/apps // inside AOSP source code ``` Now my application has following `Android.mk` in the same folder: ``` LOCAL_PATH:= $(call my-dir) include $(CLEAR_VARS) LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := optional LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(call all-java-files-under, src) LOCAL_PACKAGE_NAME := package_name LOCAL_CERTIFICATE := platform include $(BUILD_PACKAGE) # Use the folloing include to make our test app include $(call all-makefiles-under,$(LOCAL_PATH)) ``` Now when I build my AOSP project, it also compiles my application and puts the APK file inside: out/target/product/$MY_PLATFORM/system/app But I want to put it in: out/target/product/$MY_PLATFORM/data/app How do I do this? What make file do I change?

Accepted Answer

I got the solution by changing this thing in `Android.mk`

```
LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := tests
```

How do I install an app into the data/app folder instead of the system/app folder in an AOSP build?

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