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I'm trying to set the android:versionName in my android manifest as a reference to string resource stored in external resource file. Below is an excerpt from my AndroidManifest.xml : <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.toycorporation" android:versionCode="@integer/version_code" android:versionName="@string/version_name" > and the content of build.xml file located under res/values disrectory of my project: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <resources xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"> <item type="string" name="build_date">03/15/2012</item> <item type="integer" name="version_code">315281</item> <item type="string" name="version_name">3.15.28.1</item> </resources> Later I attempt to retrieve the version number to display it on the About screen of my application. PackageInfo packageInfo = getPackageManager().getPackageInfo(getPackageName(),0); Log.d("PackageInfo", "Version name: " + String.valueOf(packageInfo.versionName)); Problem description: When I build the application and automatically install it on my HTC device everything works perfect. Version name gets passed by reference and on the About screen I get version name value logged in the logcat. But when I attempt to build the application and launch it on the emulator I get null instead of the version name value. I have already tried to build and install the app to emulator using Eclipse and IDEA. So it seems the issue is not related to IDE. UPDATE: One additional thing appeared which doesn't work with such use of versionName and versionCode . Application can not be deployed to the Google Play. The f

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