Access to long key from metadata from AndroidManifeast.xml

Question

I have executed the following code and want to access the key metadata value as a Long integer from the MetaActivity.java class.

AndroidManifest.xml

 <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.slk.metachecking" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0" > <application> <meta-data android:name="key" android:value="488659867867350" /> </application> 

MetaActivity.java

 ApplicationInfo ai = getPackageManager().getApplicationInfo(getPackageName(), PackageManager.GET_META_DATA); Bundle metaData = ai.metaData; metaData.getString("key"); // Returns -36235050 metaData.getLong("key"); // Returns 0 

Does Android Long support metadata tag type?

Answer 1

refer to http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/meta-data-element.html , as you can see that only getInt is supported, so if you want to specify a long value, set it as a string (e.g. L123456789123456789) and parse it as a substring (1)