add 'tools:replace="Android:value"' to <meta-data> element at AndroidManifest - android

I'm following a tutorial in HeadFirst Android development and encountered issues after adding:
private ActionBarDrawerToggle drawerToggle;
The control was deprecated so I followed instructions on Stack to resolve that issue by adding com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26.0.0-alpha1 to the app modules Dependencies
But now I'm getting the following build errors:
Error:Execution failed for task ':app:processDebugManifest'.
Manifest merger failed : Attribute meta-data#android.support.VERSION#value value=(25.3.1) from [com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:25.3.1] AndroidManifest.xml:24:9-31
is also present at [com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26.0.0-alpha1] AndroidManifest.xml:27:9-38 value=(26.0.0-alpha1).
Suggestion: add 'tools:replace="android:value"' to element at AndroidManifest.xml:22:5-24:34 to override.
Here is the code:

Problem is that all support libraries with same version and major version has to match compile SDK version.
So try to force a specific support library version.
Put this at the end of your app module in build.gradle.
configurations.all {
resolutionStrategy.eachDependency { DependencyResolveDetails details ->
def requested = details.requested
if (requested.group == 'com.android.support') {
if (!requested.name.startsWith("multidex")) {
details.useVersion '25.3.0'
}
}
}
}

First add this line to your manifest tag if you do not have yet:
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
Example:
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.winanainc"
android:versionCode="3"
android:versionName="1.2"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
Then Add this meta tag inside your application to overwrite you build tools version, in this case for example I choosed the version 25.3.1
<application>
...
..
<meta-data
tools:replace="android:value"
android:name="android.support.VERSION"
android:value="25.3.1" />
</application>

<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:largeHeap="true"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme"
>
<meta-data
tools:replace="android:value"
android:name="android.support.VERSION"
android:value="26.0.0" />
</application>

Changed all support library versions to 25.3.1 and worked like a charm:
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.3.1'
compile 'com.android.support:design:25.3.1'
You also need to change the following parameters to 25:
compileSdkVersion 25
targetSdkVersion 25

Add <meta-data> tag in manifest.xml file as below...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest package="com.demo"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<application
android:name=".MyApplication"
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme">
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
</intent-filter>
</activity>
**<meta-data
tools:replace="android:value"
android:name="android.support.VERSION"
android:value="25.3.1" />//this 25.3.1 version should be same which we defined in the build.gradle file. i am using compileSdkVersion 25**
</application>
</manifest>
it will work #Ambilpura....

Open Android Studio -> Open Manifest File
Add <uses-sdk tools:overrideLibrary="android.support.v17.leanback"/>. Don't forget to include xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" too, before the <application> tag
replace
compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:+'
by
compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:25.3.1'
and add
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.3.1'
compile 'com.android.support:design:25.3.1'

I've tried all solution but nothing work. After reading google docs I have found my solution that fixed my manifest merge issue.
Just add this simple line in manifest file:
<application
...
tools:node="replace"
...
</application>
This fixed my issue.
If this doesn't work then try with these,
tools:node="merge-only-attributes"
tools:node="removeAll"
tools:node="replace"
You can find google docs from this link.
Merge multiple manifest files

At Android Studio -> Open Manifest File
Switch to Merged Manifest and check Other Manifest file.
In my case I am using 26.1.0 support files but found support-v13 is 26.0.1
So I added implementation 'com.android.support:support-v13:26.1.0' to Gradle file and problem solved

the answer by #sagar giri is a temporary work around. what i did to solve this is explained at the end.
If you have latest support library installed in latest android studio and if you have a old support library version in build gradle's app module, then android studio fails due to the version mismatch.
So update your support library version to latest one and fix latest support library changes like icon renaming etc and rebuild it.
hope it helps...

This code resolved my problem
"Problem is that all support libraries with same version and major version has to match compile SDK version.
So try to force a specific support library version. Put this at the end of your app module in build.gradle."
thanks

Whenever you face this issue, the best approach is to run Rebuild Project - this will tell you exactly why this is happening.
In my case it was a meta-data present in both module and app

add 'tools:replace="android:value"' to element at AndroidManifest.xml:22:5-24:34 to override.
add to Line AndroidManifest.xml:22

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Flutter AndroidManifest Error

I just ported a project built in an earlier version of Flutter and Android studio to a new machine and updated software. When attempting to build my Android project in the emulator, I'm getting the following error...
What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:processDebugManifest'.
Manifest merger failed : Attribute meta-data#android.support.VERSION#value value=(25.4.0) from [com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.4.0] AndroidManifest.xml:28:13-35
is also present at [com.android.support:support-v4:26.1.0] AndroidManifest.xml:28:13-35 value=(26.1.0).
Suggestion: add 'tools:replace="android:value"' to element at AndroidManifest.xml:26:9-28:38 to override.
This is what my Manifest looks like...
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.yourcompany.myfavkpopflutterexample"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
>
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="16" android:targetSdkVersion="21" />
<!-- The INTERNET permission is required for development. Specifically,
flutter needs it to communicate with the running application
to allow setting breakpoints, to provide hot reload, etc.
-->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<!-- io.flutter.app.FlutterApplication is an android.app.Application that
calls FlutterMain.startInitialization(this); in its onCreate method.
In most cases you can leave this as-is, but you if you want to provide
additional functionality it is fine to subclass or reimplement
FlutterApplication and put your custom class here. -->
<application android:name="io.flutter.app.FlutterApplication" android:label="myfavkpopflutter_example" android:icon="#mipmap/ic_launcher">
<activity android:name=".MainActivity"
android:launchMode="singleTop"
android:theme="#android:style/Theme.Black.NoTitleBar"
android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|keyboard|screenSize|locale|layoutDirection"
android:hardwareAccelerated="true"
android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize">
<meta-data
android:name="io.flutter.app.android.SplashScreenUntilFirstFrame"
tools:replace="android:value"
android:value="true" />
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
I've added the suggested tools:replace="android:value" and I'm still getting same error. I've seen similar questions that was Android Studio only. I'm adding this to SO because I think it may be related to my Flutter build.
I have the same problem too.
I resolved the problem by applying the suggestion in error message.
Adding tools:replace="android:label"
in (\android\app\src\main\AndroidManifest.xml) add tools:replace="android:label" like this:
<application
tools:replace="android:label"
android:name="io.flutter.app.FlutterApplication"
android:label="flutterwp"
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_launcher">
and don't forget add tools like this:
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.wp"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
I had this issue too but I solved by this.
Go to project directory/build, then you will see google_sign_in, image_picker, firebase folder, or any installed dependencies. Delete them. Go back to the pubspec file, do the Packages get and Packages upgrade again.
The issue may be the image_picker folder, which deleting image_picker is good enough. If this is really the solved your issue, check out the manifest-merger-debug-report.txt, you will see the reason why.
Hope your issue is solved.
I had this issue when I was trying to add AWS Datastore to my Flutter project that already had Google MLKit for local OCR. Either Datastore or MLKit would work, but not both together.
What worked for me:
Adding the following to the app\src\main\AndroidManifest.xml
tools:replace="android:name"
with the following declaration in AndroidManifest -
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.ABC"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">

tools:replace="android:icon doesn't work

I use :
Android Studio 2.2.2
Compile SDK version : API 23
Build Tool Version 23.0.2
I'm trying to use SweetAlert for Android library for dialogs in my android application
so after i add compile 'cn.pedant.sweetalert:library:1.3' to my dependencies i got this error
Attribute application#icon value=(#mipmap/launcher) from
AndroidManifest.xml:19:9-40 is also present at
[com.pnikosis:materialish-progress:1.0] AndroidManifest.xml:13:9-45
value=(#drawable/ic_launcher). Suggestion: add
'tools:replace="android:icon"' to element at
AndroidManifest.xml:16:5-56:19 to override.
AndroidManifest.xml :
<application
android:name=".utils.MyApp"
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#mipmap/launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme.Red"
tools:replace="android:icon">
Add xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" in the manifest tag at your AndroidManifest.xml file. Notice the http:// before schemas.
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
package="com.your.app">

Manifest Merger failed with multiple errors in Android Studio

So, I am a beginner into Android and Java. I just began learning. While I was experimenting with Intent today, I incurred an error.
Error:Execution failed for task ':app:processDebugManifest'.
> Manifest merger failed with multiple errors, see logs
I found some solutions here and tried to implement them, but it did not work.
This is my build.gradle :
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
android {
compileSdkVersion 23
buildToolsVersion "23.0.0"
defaultConfig {
applicationId "com.example.rohan.petadoptionthing"
minSdkVersion 10
targetSdkVersion 23
versionCode 1
versionName "1.0"
}
buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled false
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
}
}
}
dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.0.0'
}
This is my AndroidManifest :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
package="com.example.rohan.petadoptionthing" >
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme" >
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity android:name=".Second"
/>
<activity android:name=".third"/>
<activity android:name=".MainActivity"/>
</application>
This is my first week with coding, I am sorry if this is a really silly thing. I am really new to this and did not find any other place to ask. Sorry if I broke any rules
Open application manifest (AndroidManifest.xml) and click on Merged Manifest tab on bottom of your edit pane. Check the image below:
From image you can see Error in the right column, try to solve the error. It may help some one with the same problem. Read more here.
Also, once you found the error and if you get that error from external library that you are using, You have to let compiler to ignore the attribute from the external library.
//add this attribute in application tag in the manifest
tools:replace="android:allowBackup"
//Add this in the manifest tag at the top
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
Remove <activity android:name=".MainActivity"/> from your mainfest file. As you have already defined it as:
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
So, Manifest file showing ambiguity.
For me THIS works -
Finding Merging Errors in AndroidManifest.xml
Click on Merged Manifest in AndroidManifest.xml
You can view manifest merging error in right column. It may help to solve this problem.
I was also facing same issues, and after lot of research found the solution:
Your min sdk version should be same as of the modules you are using eg: your module min sdk version is 14 and your app min sdk version is 9 It should be same.
If build version of your app and modules not same. Again it should same
** In short, your app build.gradle file and manifest should have same configurations**
There's no duplicacy like same permissions added in manifest file twice, same activity mention twice.
If you have delete any activity from your project, delete it from your manifest file as well.
Sometimes its because of label, icon etc tag of manifest file:
a) Add the xmlns:tools line in the manifest tag.
b) Add tools:replace= or tools:ignore= in the application tag.
Example:
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.slinfy.ikharelimiteduk"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<application
tools:replace="icon, label"
android:label="myApp"
android:name="com.example.MyApplication"
android:allowBackup="true"
android:hardwareAccelerated="false"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:theme="#style/Theme.AppCompat" >
</application>
</manifest>
If two dependencies are of not same version
example: you are using dependency for appcompat v7:26.0.0 and for facebook com.facebook.android:facebook-android-sdk:[4,5)
facebook uses cardview of version com.android.support:cardview-v7:25.3.1 and appcompat v7:26.0.0 uses cardview of version v7:26.0.0, So there is discripancy in two libraries and thus give error
Error:Execution failed for task ':app:processDebugManifest'.
Manifest merger failed : Attribute meta-data#android.support.VERSION#value value=(26.0.0-alpha1) from [com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26.0.0-alpha1] AndroidManifest.xml:27:9-38
is also present at [com.android.support:cardview-v7:25.3.1] AndroidManifest.xml:24:9-31 value=(25.3.1).
Suggestion: add 'tools:replace="android:value"' to element at AndroidManifest.xml:25:5-27:41 to override.
So by using appcompat of version 25.3.1, We can avoid this error
By considering above points in mind, you will get rid of this irritating issue.
You can check my blog too
https://wordpress.com/post/dhingrakimmi.wordpress.com/23
Just add below code in your project Manifest application tag...
<application
tools:node="replace">
If your project targeted Android 12 then
Add this in all <activity> tags with <intent-filter>
android:exported="true/false"
In addition to available solutions, please check this also.If you have set android:allowBackup="false" in your AndroidManifest.xml then there may be a conflict for android:allowBackup="true" in other dependencies.
Solution
As suggested by #CLIFFORD P Y, switch to Merged Manifest in your AndroidManifest.xml. Android Studio will suggest to add tools:replace="android:allowBackup" in <application /> in your AndroidManifest.xml.
I was facing the same problem and I've just added one line in my manifest.xml and it worked for me.
tools:replace="android:allowBackup,icon,theme,label,name">
add this line under
<application
android:name=".MyApplication"
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#drawable/launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:largeHeap="true"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="#style/AppThemecustom"
tools:replace="android:allowBackup,icon,theme,label">
Hope it will help.
I solved this with Refactor -> Migrate to AndroidX
GL
In my case it was showing an error because there was a redundancy in <uses-permission> element.
So, please check in your AndroidManifest.xml file for the same.
Android Studio version is 3.0.1
Operating System is Windows 7
Here is the screenshot for reference.
Usually occurs when you have errors in your manifest.Open AndroidManifest.xml .Click on the merged manifest tab.The errors can be seen there .Also include suggestions mentioned there.When I had a similar problem while importing com.google.android.gms.maps.model.LatLng ,it suggested me to include tools:overrideLibrary="com.google.android.gms.maps" in the application tag and the build was successful.
solution for me was like this:
1- open manifest
2-On top right , check highlighted problems like below:
3-click on problems icon in red. this will open problems tab like below.
4- solve them one by one
I was also facing this error. In the build log the last line was "Failed to compile values file".
So if you're facing the same issue, then just adding the following line in the gradle.properties file will most probably fix the issue.
android.enableJetifier=true
I mean it fixed Manifest Merger failed with multiple errors in Android Studio error for me.
My case i have fixed it by
build.gradle(Module:app)
defaultConfig {
----------
multiDexEnabled true
}
dependencies {
...........
implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:11.0.2'
implementation 'com.onesignal:OneSignal:3.+#aar'
}
This answer releted to OnSignal push notification
If after you add a Android Library Module and you get this error.
You can fix it by simple remove the android:label="#string/app_name" from the AndroidManifest.xml of your Android Library Module
In AndroidManifest.xml:
At application, add tools:replace="android:icon, android:theme and
At the Manifest root, add xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools
In build.gradle:
At root, add useOldManifestMerger true
The minium sdk version should be same as of the modules/lib you are using
For example: Your module min sdk version is 26 and your app min sdk version is 21 It should be same.
I see the answers and they are complete and useful. Anyway, if you are completing the Jetpack Compose Testing codelab and you find this error in late 2021, the solution is not the accepted answer, you need to downgrade your target sdk version to 30.
In app/build.gradle, replace:
targetSdkVersion 31
with:
targetSdkVersion 30
And run the Android Tests again
for the past few days I was also going through the same issue. But after, a lot of research I finally found a solution for this.
In order to solve this issue, what you need to do is:
1. Check if your project's build.gradle file and the module's build.gradle file contain same versions of all dependencies.
2. Make sure, your project's compileSdkVersion, buildToolsVersion, minSdkVersion and targetSdkVersion matches the one in the modules or libraries that you have added into the project.
compileSdkVersion 25
buildToolsVersion "25.0.0"
defaultConfig {
applicationId "com.example.appname"
minSdkVersion 16
targetSdkVersion 25
versionCode 22
versionName "2.0.3"
}
Hope, this helps.
Open your gradle console, then you see gradle suggest you to add the particular line (Like: tools:replace="android:allowBackup" or tools:replace="android:label" etc). Add that line into your manifest file under tag and sync gradle, that's it.
In my case it happened for leaving some empty intent-filter inside the Activity tag
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme.NoActionBar">
<intent-filter>
</intent-filter>
</activity>
So just removing them solved the problem.
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme.NoActionBar">
</activity>
The following hack works:
Add the xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" line in the
manifest tag
Add
tools:replace="android:icon,android:theme,android:allowBackup,label,name"
in the application tag
I was using the FirebaseUI Library along with the Facebook SDK Library, which was causing me the issue.
implementation 'com.firebaseui:firebase-ui-database:0.4.4'
implementation 'com.facebook.android:facebook-android-sdk:[4,5)'
And from [here][1], I got rid of this issue.
With the latest update of FirebaseUI library, previous version of Facebook SDK is also a part of it.
If you are using the both the libraries, please remove the Facebook SDK Library.
https://github.com/firebase/FirebaseUI-Android/issues/230
UPDATE
From the Android Studio 3.0 and the later versions, app.gradle file is required to use implementation or api instead of compile for adding the dependencies to the app.
This error occurs because you don't have proper statements at the Manifest root such:
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
package="com.example.test">
So you should remove additional texts in it.
In my case, I solved it by updating the classpath in build.gradle (Project) file to the latest version.
It was like this:
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.0'
}
After updating to the latest version:
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.4'
}
Everything worked fine! Hope this helps someone if all the above answers don't solve the issue.
As a newbie to Android Studio, in my case, I had moved an existing project from Eclipse to Android Studio and found that there was a duplicate definition of an activity within my Manifest.xml that hadn't been picked up by Eclipse was shown as a Gradle error.
I found this by going to the Gradle Console (bottom right of the screen).
Happened with me twice when I refractor (Rename with SHIFT + F6) the name of a field in our files and it asks you to change it everywhere and we without paying attention change the name everywhere.
For example, if you have a variable name "id" in your Java class and you rename it with SHIFT + F6. If you don't pay attention to the next dialog which will ask you wherever else it is going to change the id and you tick check all it will change all the id in your layout files from the new value.
this is very simple error only occur when you define any activity call two time in mainifest.xml file Example like
<activity android:name="com.futuretech.mpboardexam.Game" ></activity>
//and launcher also------like that
//solution:use only one
Put this at the end of your app module build.gradle:
configurations.all {
resolutionStrategy.eachDependency { DependencyResolveDetails details ->
def requested = details.requested
if (requested.group == 'com.android.support') {
if (!requested.name.startsWith("multidex")) {
details.useVersion '25.3.0'
}
}
}}
from this
Supplement the answer Phan Van Linh. I deleted these lines:
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="name"

Android-Tools Gradle Plugin 0.12 fails with error 'duplicated with element declared at AndroidManifest.xml'

I am struggling with a build error when using Gradle with the Android-Tools Gradle plugin to compile a multi-project build. 2 of my projects fail to build with the error reported above.
Note that we have added additional elements to the Android manifest that we use. Essentially, our AndroidManifest.xml file looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.xxx.yyy.zzz"
android:versionCode="13"
android:versionName="1.2.3">
<uses-sdk
.../>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<uses-permission android:name="com.xxx.yyy.CONFIGURATION"/>
<application
...>
<activity
...>
...
</activity>
<activity
...>
...
</activity>
</application>
<meta-data android:name="www" android:value="xxxx"/>
<meta-data android:name="xxx" android:value="yyyy"/>
<meta-data android:name="xxx" android:value="zzzz"/>
</manifest>
The error is being reported on the last 2 meta-data lines (at the bottom of the above example), where the android:name attributes are identical. My limited research has identified this to be valid XML. Unfortunately I have not been able to validate the schema as I understand that no schemas are published.
Extract from the build log:
:src:aaa:processDebugManifest
/xxx/aaa/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml:36:3 Error:
Element meta-data#xxx at AndroidManifest.xml:36:3 duplicated with element declared at AndroidManifest.xml:35:3
/xxx/aaa/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml/AndroidManifest.xml:0:0 Error:
Validation failed, exiting
:src:aaa:processDebugManifest FAILED
I have been using earlier versions of the Android-Tools Gradle Plugin with an identical Android manifest file and this has not caused an issue (last known working version 0.8).
Question: Can I add configuration to my build.gradle file to ignore this? Or would it be worthwhile raising as an issue on the Android-Tools repo?
Thanks

Android Studio installs an APK for each module

I have an project, build with Gradle in Android Studio v 0.3.2.
My project has dependencies to two other modules(android library). The project structure is well defined with build.gradle files.
The problem is... when i run the project on an Android device, i get installed 3 apk's on my device. One is the main project(the only right one) and the other two are from the imported modules(theese two i don't want to get installed).
How can i achieve this? Or what i'm doing wrong?
Project Structure:
MyLibModule
MainProject
MainProject->libraries->MyOtherModule
Where MyLibModule is at the same path as the Main project, because i also need this module in a other project.
Just to be clear: The whole project build's OK, all dependencies are OK, but why do i get 3 APK's on my device?
After a whole day struggling with this problem, i located the cause of this strange behaviour. The problem was the manifest of library module. Before i switched to Android studio i used Eclipse. And i had a testActivity declared in the manifest of the library project. Removing all test activities from the manifest's of my library modules solved the problem. Now Android Studio installs only the MainProject apk.
Some code:
The manifest of MyLibModule:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.test.mylibmodule"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="7"/>
<application>
<activity
android:name=".TestActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name">
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
Changed to:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.test.mylibmodule"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="7"/>
<application>
</application>
</manifest>
....And the same for MyOtherModule.
NOTE: the empty application node must stay in the manifest, to avoid build errors.
remove the intent-filter from your library's launch activity
<application>
<activity android:name=".MainActivity">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
Changed to
<application>
<activity android:name=".MainActivity"/>
</application>
It's because your libraries are defined in their build.gradle files as being applications instead of libraries. Look for this line:
apply plugin: 'android'
and replace it with:
apply plugin: 'android-library'
You may need to make other adjustments to the buildfile as well because not everything that applies to applications can be specified in a library buildfile. See http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/new-build-system/user-guide#TOC-Library-projects for more information.

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