[Android] Package names `com.taobao.*` and `com.alibaba.*`?

[janpio]

When looking at PR #2071 I noticed that the Android package names include com.taobao and com.alibaba.

Is this here to stay or will this be updated to org.apache.*?

[YorkShen]

This is a problem I want to solve years ago.

But as there are many util class or base class under com.taobao and com.alibaba package, such as com.taobao.weex.ui.component.WXComponent, which is the base class for almost every UI component.

If we change the package name directly to org.apache.*, users with custom plugins that extends the base class like com.taobao.weex.ui.component.WXComponent or uses the util class will have many problems when updating to the latest version, as the package renaming will cause lots of compiling issue.

Any advice on reducing the cost of renaming for Weex users?

[janpio]

I honestly don't know much about Android development.

Is there a way to maybe rename the real classes but keep an "alias" with the old name around so plugin can keep working?

[YorkShen]

Is there a way to maybe rename the real classes but keep an "alias" with the old name around so plugin can keep working?

Sadly, no.

As there is no way to avoid the backwards compatibility issue now, I think maybe we should keep it untouched until have a better solution.

[cnryb]

The package name has been changed to org.apache. *