# I'm unable to set package and activity in the appium

**URL:** <https://discuss.appium.io/t/im-unable-to-set-package-and-activity-in-the-appium/1371>\
**Category:** Tutorials/Documentation\
**Created:** [November 8, 2014, 7:55pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/im-unable-to-set-package-and-activity-in-the-appium/1371 "2014-11-08T19:55:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![HumbleAlchemy](https://discuss.appium.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/b5ac83/32.png) [@HumbleAlchemy](https://discuss.appium.io/u/HumbleAlchemy)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2015, 3:59am UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/im-unable-to-set-package-and-activity-in-the-appium/1371/5 "2015-03-04T03:59:04Z")

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I had renamed the apk, this caused the error. Anyway thanks for the answer. Could you tell why renaming the apk from the original when is built causes this issue?  
Thanks once again.

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