What does a leading dot in an android:name mean?
android, android-manifest
Solution
Look at this.
The name of the Service subclass that implements the service. This should be a fully qualified class name (such as, "com.example.project.RoomService"). However, as a shorthand, if the first character of the name is a period (for example, ".RoomService"), it is appended to the package name specified in the element.
Problem
What is the difference between these two ways of setting the android:name field? I seen both type and not sure why they are written these two different ways one way I see often is (notice the "." between " and "Server"): ``` android:name=".Server" ``` the other way without the extra "." before the name: ``` android:name="Server" ``` sample xml ``` <service android:name=".Server" android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher" android:label="audioservice" android:process=":my_process" > </service> <activity android:name=".DBView"> <intent-filter > <action android:name="com.example.test.DBVIEW"/> <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" /> </intent-filter> ```