Manifest Merger failed with multiple errors in Android Studio - android

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.
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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"

Related

How to override flutter apk manifest?

I am working on updating Android Manifest configurations on my Flutter project. However, there is one recommended fix that I could not find in the libraries I have used in flutter. But upon analyzing the APK, I found it in the AndroidManifest.xml in the APK via APK Analyzer
Shown above is the config I have to update. A very simple update where I have to replace android:exported to false.
I need help in figuring out a way to actually update this manifest since I do not see any file even after looking through each manifest files of the packages I've included in my project that contains the code/config shown above.
Add this in manifest
<application
tools:replace="android:label"
android:name="io.flutter.app.FlutterApplication"
android:label="flutterwp"
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_launcher">
You can simply edit this AndroidManifest.xml file.
Use tools:replace attr.
Checkout following example from official docs:
In library
<activity android:name="com.example.ActivityOne"
android:theme="#oldtheme"
android:exported="false"
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateUnchanged" />
Your own implementation
<activity android:name="com.example.ActivityOne"
android:theme="#newtheme"
android:exported="true"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"
tools:replace="android:theme,android:exported"

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

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

Android Studio two flavors with different manifest files

I'm having issues with defining two different manifest files for my flavors in Android Studio. This is my current project structure:
The AndroidManifest.xml in the free flavor looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="se.example.package">
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" />
</manifest>
The AndroidManifest.xml in the main flavor has no uses-permissions, but contains the rest of the manifest code that is shared between all flavors.
The AndroidManifest.xml in the pro flavor looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="se.example.package">
<uses-permission android:name="com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE" />
</manifest>
build.gradle defines the two flavors like
productFlavors {
free {
applicationId 'se.example.package.free'
minSdkVersion 14
targetSdkVersion 21
versionCode 1
versionName '1.0'
}
pro {
minSdkVersion 14
applicationId 'se.example.package.pro'
targetSdkVersion 21
versionCode 2
versionName '1.1'
}
}
The result that I am expecting is that the different flavors defines different uses-permissions. This is not the case. The result is currently that the both flavors only defines the <uses-permission android:name="com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE" /> as defined in AndroidManifest.xml in the pro flavor.
I have tried:
Clean project
Rebuild project
Restart Android Studio
Sync gradle
But without success. How am I to fix this? Any help is appreciated.
EDIT 1
I changed the location of each flavors AndroidManifest.xml file from each of the res folders to free and pro folder. The result of this:
Pro flavor shows Licence permission as expected.
Free flavor shows permissions from both AndroidManifest.xml
files, License and network permissions (Should be only network)
This feels like an issue of project structure. What to make of this?
EDIT 2
I pulled the merge reports as Commonsware hinted, these are the reports regarding uses-permissions
Free:
uses-permission#com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE
ADDED from qwknoteGIT:licencing-library:unspecified:26:5
android:name
ADDED from qwknoteGIT:licencing-library:unspecified:26:22
Pro:
uses-permission#com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE
MERGED from qwknoteGIT:licencing-library:unspecified:26:5
Tech background:
on this link it explains the techniques and parameters that can be use for manifest merging: https://developer.android.com/studio/build/manage-manifests#merge_rule_markers
One in specific is the tools:node that points out how certain XML nodes on the manifest should behave whilst merging.
Solution:
to achieve some permisions in one and different in other manifest, add ALL permissions you need to the main and in the flavours manifest remove the ones you don't need, like the example below:
free remove the check license
<uses-permission
android:name="com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE"
tools:node="remove"/>
Your problem is coming from a library, not your flavors. Specifically, qwknoteGIT:licencing-library is requesting CHECK_LICENSE.
If you are not using that library in all flavors, use a flavored compile statement (e.g., proCompile) to only use that library in that flavor.
If you are using the library for all flavors, but feel confident that you do not need the permission in one flavor, that's where a tools:node attribute can be used, in the flavor's manifest, to block out that permission supplied by the library.
And the manifest merger report is your friend. :-)
This should solve the problem, at least. I find it useful in specifying the exact manifest to use for each variant. Cheers! It explicitly directs to the manifest file under each variant folder.
android {
productFlavors {
prod {
manifest.srcFile "prod/AndroidManifest.xml"
}
dev {
manifest.srcFile "dev/AndroidManifest.xml"
}
}
...
}
Specify your Manifest exclusively under sourceSets, In your App build.gradle
android {
productFlavors {
bizdartFlavourNoCallLog {
minSdkVersion 16
applicationIdSuffix '.bizdart'
targetSdkVersion 26
dimension "tier"
sourceSets {
main {
manifest.srcFile "src/bizdartFlavourNoCallLog/AndroidManifest.xml"
}
}
copy {
from 'src/bizdartFlavourNoCallLog/'
include '*.json'
into '.'
}
}
}
}
See https://developer.android.com/studio/build/manifest-merge with param tools:node="merge"
High priority manifest (Free):
<activity android:name="com.example.ActivityOne"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"
tools:node="merge">
</activity>
Low priority manifest (Main):
<activity android:name="com.example.ActivityOne"
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateUnchanged">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.SEND" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
Merged manifest result:
<activity android:name="com.example.ActivityOne"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateUnchanged">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.SEND" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
You should change your code:
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="se.example.package">
for:
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
package="com.your.appid">
I encountered the same problem, and I found that it was because I put "pro" and "tree" flavor folder under the lib project, and the problem was solved after I move the flavors folder under the app project

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

Update Android app on Google Play

of course there are a lot similar questions and I really read through, but none of them completely answered my question:
I want to update my current app (already prod) on Google Play, but it says I need to change the versionCode -> 1 does already exist.
But I changed or added this in the AndroidManifest.xml, also the versionName.
You must know, I didn't add any versionCode or versionName in my first upload, could this cause the problem?
Do I have to delete the app now and re-upload it?
I surely used the same keystore and credentials
Steps done:
updated the AndroidManifest.xml
android:versionCode="2"
android:versionName="1.0">
created a new signed apk
tried to upload
Another question:
Do I really need to use the same apk-filename?
xml manifest:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.ibma.ibmaapp"
android:versionCode="2"
android:versionName="1.0">
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="19"
android:targetSdkVersion="19"
android:maxSdkVersion="19" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme" >
<activity
android:name="com.ibma.ibmaapp.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>
</application>
</manifest>
For the first question - Are you sure you saved the changes to the manifest? Seems silly, but it's a mistake I make all the time.
For the second question - You can change the .apk filename to whatever you'd like; there's no need to keep it the same.
finally it works...
updated Android Studio to 0.8.0
updated my APIs (to API 20: Android L)
changed following project settings: (under "File > Project Structure")
Compile SDK Version: android-L
Build Tools Version: 20.0.0
changed the selected API for the graphical Layout (see link below)
have a look at this blog
(Thank you, Thodoris Bais! ;-) )
Had to change the build.gradle file and add the correct VersionCode
this was the reason why I could not generate apk's with different VersionCodes
it was still set to versionCode=1 though in the manifest it was set to two
I checked the new apk file with the aapt command and the versionCode was set to 2, finally!
Now my last queston would be:
Do I always have to update the AndroidManifest.xml and the build.gradle file on my own - shouldn't they just synchronize?
Best regards,
Christian

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