Fixes #618 Support debug and release builds on device simultaneously

README.md

@@ -105,6 +105,14 @@ geckoViewLocalArm=/path/to/your/build/geckoview-nightly-armeabi-v7a-64.0.2018092
 geckoViewLocalX86=/path/to/your/build/geckoview-nightly-x86-64.0.20180924100359.aar
 ```
 
+## Install debug and release builds on device simultaneously
+
+You can enable a debug applicationID sufix to install both debug and release builds simultaneously. You just need to add this property to your `user.properties` file:
+
+```ini
+simultaneousDebugRelease=true
+```
+
 ## Compress assets
 
 ETC2 compression is used to improve performance and memory usage. Raw assets are placed in the `uncompressed_assets` folder. You can generate the compressed textures using the compressor utility in `tools/compressor`. You need to set up [etc2comp](https://github.com/google/etc2comp) and make it available on your PATH before running the script. Run this command to generate the compressed assets:

app/build.gradle

@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ def getCrashRestartDisabled = { ->
     return "false"
 }
 
+def getDebugApplicationIdSufix = { ->
+    if (gradle.hasProperty("simultaneousDebugRelease")) {
+        return gradle.simultaneousDebugRelease == "true" ? ".dev" : ""
+    }
+    return ""
+}
+
 android {
     compileSdkVersion build_versions.target_sdk
     defaultConfig {
@@ -62,6 +69,7 @@ android {
             proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
         }
         debug {
+            applicationIdSuffix getDebugApplicationIdSufix()
             pseudoLocalesEnabled true
         }
     }

app/src/common/shared/org/mozilla/vrbrowser/crashreporting/CrashReporterService.java

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public class CrashReporterService extends JobIntentService {
 
     private static final String LOGTAG = "VRB";
 
-    public static final String CRASH_ACTION = "org.mozilla.vrbrowser.CRASH_ACTION";
+    public static final String CRASH_ACTION = BuildConfig.APPLICATION_ID + ".CRASH_ACTION";
     public static final String DATA_TAG = "intent";
 
     private static final int PID_CHECK_INTERVAL = 100;

app/src/debug/res/values/non_L10n.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<resources>
+    <string name="app_name" translatable="false">Firefox Reality (Dev)</string>
+</resources>

app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO"/>
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA"/>
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"/>
-    <uses-permission android:name="org.mozilla.vrbrowser.CRASH_RECEIVER_PERMISSION"/>
+    <uses-permission android:name="${applicationId}.CRASH_RECEIVER_PERMISSION"/>
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
 
-    <permission android:name="org.mozilla.vrbrowser.CRASH_RECEIVER_PERMISSION"
+    <permission android:name="${applicationId}.CRASH_RECEIVER_PERMISSION"
                 android:protectionLevel="signature"/>
 
     <application