harmony 鸿蒙app.json5 Configuration File

2023-02-03
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app.json5 Configuration File

This topic gives an overview of the app.json5 configuration file. To start with, let’s go through an example of what this file contains.

{
  "app": {
    "bundleName": "com.application.myapplication",
    "vendor": "example",
    "versionCode": 1000000,
    "versionName": "1.0.0",
    "icon": "$media:app_icon",
    "label": "$string:app_name",
    "description": "$string:description_application",
    "minAPIVersion": 9,
    "targetAPIVersion": 9,
    "apiReleaseType": "Release",
    "debug": false,
    "car": {
      "minAPIVersion": 8,
    },
    "targetBundleName": "com.application.test",
    "targetPriority": 50
  },
}

As shown above, the app.json5 file contains several tags.

Table 1 Tags in the app.json5 file

Name	Description	Data Type	Initial Value Allowed
bundleName	Bundle name, which uniquely identifies an application. The value must comply with the following rules: - Consists of letters, digits, underscores (_), and periods (.). - Starts with a letter. - Contains 7 to 128 bytes. You are advised to use the reverse domain name notation, for example, com.example.demo, where the first part is the domain suffix com, the second part is the vendor/individual name, and the third part is the application name, which can be of multiple levels. If an application is built with the system source code, you are advised to name it in com.ohos.demo notation, where ohos signifies that the application is an OpenHarmony system application.	String	No
bundleType	Bundle type, which is used to distinguish applications and atomic services. - app: The bundle is a common application. - atomicService: The bundle is an atomic service. - shared: The bundle is a shared object application.	String	Yes (initial value: “app”)
debug	Whether the application can be debugged. This tag is generated during compilation and building in DevEco Studio. - true: The application can be debugged. - false: The application cannot be debugged.	Boolean	Yes (initial value: false)
icon	Icon of the application. The value is an icon resource index.	String	No
label	Name of the application. The value is a string resource index.	String	No
description	Description of the application. The value is a string with a maximum of 255 bytes or a resource index to the description.	String	Yes (initial value: left empty)
vendor	Vendor of the application. The value is a string with a maximum of 255 bytes.	String	Yes (initial value: left empty)
versionCode	Version number of the application. The value is a 32-bit non-negative integer less than 2 to the power of 31. It is used only to determine whether a version is later than another version. A larger value indicates a later version. Ensure that a new version of the application uses a value greater than any of its predecessors.	Number	No
versionName	Version number of the application displayed to users. The value consists of only digits and dots. The four-part format A.B.C.D is recommended, wherein: Part 1 (A): major version number, which ranges from 0 to 99. A major version consists of major new features or large changes. Part 2 (B): minor version number, which ranges from 0 to 99. A minor version consists of some new features and large bug fixes. Part 3 (C): feature version number, which ranges from 0 to 99. A feature version consists of scheduled new features. Part 4 (D): maintenance release number or patch number, which ranges from 0 to 999. A maintenance release or patch consists of resolution to security flaws or minor bugs. The value contains a maximum of 127 bytes.	String	No
minCompatibleVersionCode	Minimum compatible version of the application. It is used to check whether the application is compatible with a version on other devices in the cross-device scenario.	Number	Yes (initial value: value of versionCode)
minAPIVersion	Minimum API version required for running the application.	Number	Yes (initial value: value of compatibleSdkVersion in build-profile.json5)
targetAPIVersion	Target API version required for running the application.	Number	Yes (initial value: value of compileSdkVersion in build-profile.json5)
apiReleaseType	Type of the target API version required for running the application. The value can be “CanaryN”, “BetaN”, or “Release”, where N represents a positive integer. - Canary: indicates a restricted release. - Beta: indicates a publicly released beta version. - Release: indicates a publicly released official version. The value is set by DevEco Studio reading the stage of the SDK in use.	String	Yes (initial value: set by DevEco Studio)
multiProjects	Whether the application supports joint development of multiple projects. - true: The application supports joint development of multiple projects. - false: The application does not support joint development of multiple projects.	Boolean	Yes (initial value: false)
asanEnabled	Whether to enable AddressSanitizer (ASan) to detect memory corruption issues such as buffer overflows. - true: ASan is enabled. - false: ASan is disabled. Note that ASan is not available in the Release version.	Boolean	Yes (initial value: false)
tablet	Tablet-specific configuration, which includes the minAPIVersion attribute. When running on tablets, the application applies the attribute settings under this tag and ignores the general counterparts.	Object	Yes (initial value: general settings in the app.json5 file)
tv	TV-specific configuration, which includes the minAPIVersion attribute. When running on TVs, the application applies the attribute settings under this tag and ignores the general counterparts.	Object	Yes (initial value: general settings in the app.json5 file)
wearable	Wearable-specific configuration, which includes the minAPIVersion attribute. When running on wearables, the application applies the attribute settings under this tag and ignores the general counterparts.	Object	Yes (initial value: general settings in the app.json5 file)
car	Head unit–specific configuration, which includes the minAPIVersion attribute. When running on head units, the application applies the attribute settings under this tag and ignores the general counterparts.	Object	Yes (initial value: general settings in the app.json5 file)
default	Default device–specific configuration, which includes the minAPIVersion attribute. When running on default devices, the application applies the attribute settings under this tag and ignores the general counterparts.	Object	Yes (initial value: general settings in the app.json5 file)
targetBundleName	Target application name of the bundle. The value rule and range are the same as those of bundleName.	String	Yes (if the initial value is used, the target application is not an application with the overlay feature)
targetPriority	Priority of the application. When targetBundleName is set, the application is an application with the overlay feature. The value ranges from 1 to 100.	Number	Yes (initial value: 1)
generateBuildHash	Whether the hash values of all HAP and HSP files of the application are generated by the packaging tool. The hash values (if any) are used to determine whether the application needs to be updated when the system is updated in OTA mode but the versionCode value of the application remains unchanged. If this tag is set to true, the packaging tool generates hash values for all HAP and HSP files of the application. NOTE This tag applies only to system applications.	Boolean	Yes (initial value: false)