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My manifest went missing after failing building gradle with Glide Library

I tried using the Glide library in order to load a profile picture from Facebook, in the gradle I implemented the 4.8.0 version (which is not the latest) and it made this error :
ERROR: Failed to parse XML in C:\Users\Paul Jouet\Desktop\ESILV\S5\Mobile Programming\ProjetTest2\app\src\main\AndroidManifest.xml
ParseError at [row,col]:[18,89]
Message: expected start or end tag
Affected Modules: app
My manifest module has disappeared, it is still in my project and I can open it, but not from the 'android' section... When I tried syncing again without the implementation, the error remains, I tried some solutions I found like cleaning the project and rebuild it, but none worked.
This is how the 'android' section looks like after the failed syncing, the module 'manifest' is missing even though it is still in the same location as before
Can someone explain to me how this can happen ? It makes no sense to me since I obviously deleted the part causing the problem... The only solution I could find is to recreate a project from scratch and copy paste all my code, but this is not viable since it can happen again.
Thank you for helping !
Edit : here are my manifest and gradle codes
Gradle :
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
android {
compileSdkVersion 29
buildToolsVersion "29.0.2"
defaultConfig {
applicationId "com.example.projettest2"
minSdkVersion 19
targetSdkVersion 29
versionCode 1
versionName "1.0"
testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled false
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
}
}
}
dependencies {
implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0'
implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:1.1.3'
testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.1'
androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.2.0'
implementation 'com.facebook.android:facebook-android-sdk:4.42.0'
implementation 'de.hdodenhof:circleimageview:3.0.1'
implementation 'com.github.bumptech.glide:glide:4.10.0'
annotationProcessor 'com.github.bumptech.glide:compiler:4.10.0'
}
}
Manifest :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.projettest2">
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:roundIcon="#mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme">
<activity android:name=".MainActivity">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<provider
android:authorities="com.facebook.app.FacebookContentProvider464643414180175" //I changed the ID
android:name="com.facebook.FacebookContentProvider"
android:exported="false" />
<meta-data
android:name="com.facebook.sdk.ApplicationId"
android:value="#string/facebook_app_id"/>
<activity
android:name="com.facebook.FacebookActivity"
android:configChanges= "keyboard|keyboardHidden|screenLayout|screenSize|orientation"
android:label="#string/app_name" />
<activity
android:name="com.facebook.CustomTabActivity"
android:exported="true">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
<data android:scheme="#string/fb_login_protocol_scheme" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>

Migrating to Heroku from Parse, but Parse.Configuration.Builder won't resolve

I am stuck on the last step trying to migrate my android app to heroku. In my android app I need to initialize my parse server by using a Parse.Configuration.Builder, but 'Configuration' is in red and I cannot figure out how to resolve the issue.
I have been referencing the parse server on github here:
https://github.com/ParsePlatform/parse-server-example
it gives this boilerplate code for initializing your android app to use heroku:
Parse.initialize(new Parse.Configuration.Builder(getApplicationContext()).applicationId("myAppId").clientKey("myClientKey").server("http://myServerUrl/parse/").build());
When I create a new project I do not get the error, but I have checked the build files and manifest against the old project and cannot figure out what the hold up could be.
Here is my application class:
package oneonanyone.com.fantasybasketball_1onany1;
import com.parse.Parse;
public class StatSelectApplication extends android.app.Application {
#Override
public void onCreate() {
super.onCreate();
//Parse.enableLocalDatastore(this);
//Parse.initialize(this, "xxxxx", "xxxxx");
Parse.initialize(new Parse.Configuration.Builder(getApplicationContext())
.applicationId("xxxxx")
.clientKey("xxxxx")
.server("http://xxxxx.herokuapp.com/parse/")
.build());
}
}
build.grade
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
android {
compileSdkVersion 23
buildToolsVersion "23.0.2"
defaultConfig {
applicationId "oneonanyone.com.fantasybasketball_1onany1"
minSdkVersion 15
targetSdkVersion 23
versionCode 1
versionName "1.0"
}
buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled false
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
debuggable true
}
repositories {
jcenter()
maven {
url "https://s3.amazonaws.com/repo.commonsware.com"
}
}
}
}
dependencies {
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.1.1'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:8.4.0'
compile 'com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp:2.4.0'
compile 'com.squareup.picasso:picasso:2.5.2'
compile 'com.parse.bolts:bolts-tasks:1.3.0'
compile 'com.parse:parse-android:1.13.0'
compile fileTree('libs')
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
//compile 'com.commonsware.cwac:wakeful:1.0.+'
}
Manifest:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
package="oneonanyone.com.fantasybasketball_1onany1">
<uses-sdk/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SET_DEBUG_APP"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="com.android.alarm.permission.SET_ALARM"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE"/>
<!--
To retrieve OAuth 2.0 tokens or invalidate tokens to disconnect a user. This disconnect
option is required to comply with the Google+ Sign-In developer policies
-->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.USE_CREDENTIALS"/>
<!-- To retrieve the account name (email) as part of sign-in: -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS"/>
<!-- To auto-complete the email text field in the login form with the user's emails -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PROFILE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS"/>
<application
android:name=".StatSelectApplication"
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_launch"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme">
<activity
android:name=".DraftListActivity"
android:label="PlayerListActivity"
android:launchMode="singleTask"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"/>
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:label="Darkhorse"
android:screenOrientation="portrait">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity
android:name=".MatchUpActivity"
android:label="#string/title_activity_matchup"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"
android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan">
>
</activity>
<meta-data
android:name="com.google.android.gms.version"
android:value="#integer/google_play_services_version"/>
<activity
android:name=".MatchUpResultsActivity"
android:label="#string/title_activity_game_results"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"/>
<activity
android:name=".Login.LoginActivity"
android:label="#string/title_activity_login"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"
android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize|stateHidden"/>
<activity
android:name=".Login.SignUpAtivity"
android:label="#string/title_activity_sign_up_ativity"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"/>
<activity
android:name=".ResultsActivityNew"
android:label="#string/title_activity_new_results"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"/>
<activity
android:name=".LeaderBoardActivity"
android:label="#string/title_activity_leader_board"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"/>
<activity
android:name=".AlternateDraftActivity"
android:label="#string/title_activity_alternate_draft"/>
<receiver android:name=".UpdateBackend">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.net.ConnectivityManager.CONNECTIVITY_ACTION"/>
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
</application>
And my project gradle just in case:
// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
buildscript {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.0.0-beta5'
// NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
// in the individual module build.gradle files
}
}
allprojects {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
task clean(type: Delete) {
delete rootProject.buildDir
}
}
I could not find anyone else having this error. Any solution would be most appreciated.

Check answer here: connecting android to local parse server cannot resolve symbol Configuration
I had the Parse library as a jar in the libs folder. Solved the issue by deleting it and compiling from Gradle instead.

Signed apk has 0 compatibility in google play store

I've been working on a project for some time now and I pretty much finished and am ready to release it to the play store. I was able to deploy my app through debug mode via the USB cable onto my Samsung s4 phone. Strangely, when I generated the signed apk and released it to the play store, I can't download it on my phone... This makes no sense since I was able to use it when I was testing it... I asked my friends and they experienced the same thing. I looked at my developer console and it says my app is compatible with LITERALLY 0 phones in the market... So I looked it up and I thought maybe my manifest is messed up, so here it is (I'm using android studio btw):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="XXXX">
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.CAMERA"/>
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#drawable/logo"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme"
android:name="android.support.multidex.MultiDexApplication"
>
<meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.version" android:value="#integer/google_play_services_version" />
<meta-data android:name="com.facebook.sdk.ApplicationId" android:value="#string/facebook_app_id"/>
<activity
android:name="XXXX"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"
>
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.AdActivity"
android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|smallestScreenSize"
android:theme="#android:style/Theme.Translucent" />
<activity android:name="com.facebook.FacebookActivity"
android:configChanges=
"keyboard|keyboardHidden|screenLayout|screenSize|orientation"
android:theme="#android:style/Theme.Translucent.NoTitleBar"
android:label="#string/app_name" />
<provider android:authorities="com.facebook.app.FacebookContentProviderXXXX"
android:name="com.facebook.FacebookContentProvider"
android:exported="true" />
</application>
</manifest>
So I see no issues in the manifest (maybe someone can correct me on that) and if there were it wouldn't have ran on my phone when I tested the app.
So I use a lot of external libraries for my app, here is the list:
1) facebook api
2) twitter api
3) snapdragon
4) google play service
I also had to use multidex (as you saw in the manifest) because the code exceeded 64k lines of code. Here's how the build.gradle looks like:
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
android {
compileSdkVersion 23
buildToolsVersion "23.0.2"
defaultConfig {
applicationId "xxxx"
minSdkVersion 16
targetSdkVersion 23
versionCode 3
versionName "1.2"
multiDexEnabled true
}
buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled false
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
}
}
sourceSets { main { java.srcDirs = ['src/main/java', 'libs'] } }
}
repositories {
mavenCentral()
maven { url 'https://maven.fabric.io/public' }
}
dependencies {
compile 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.0'
compile fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.1.1'
compile 'com.android.support:design:23.1.1'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:8.4.0'
compile 'com.facebook.android:facebook-android-sdk:4.+'
compile('com.twitter.sdk.android:tweet-composer:1.0.2#aar') {
transitive = true;
}
}
I'm totally new with gradle so I'm not sure if it's set up correctly so there maybe issues with the gradle itself or maybe something else. Anyone have any suggestions what I can do?

I changed the camera feature to required false in the manifest and that did the trick. When I uploaded the apk in the developer console it said 8k+ devices supported. Also the manifest was inccorect, when you put the use-features tag make sure to have camera all lowercase not uppercase like I had.

Populating Android manifest for using parse.com SDK

I am new to Android and trying to incorporate the parse.com sdk. I suspect my android manifest is not correct below around the parse activity. It was working fine in the starter app and I tried to transfer that to my own app. Rest of files should be fine.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.jorc.fleetmanagement">
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme">
<meta-data
android:name="com.google.android.geo.API_KEY"
android:value="#string/google_maps_key" />
<activity
android:name=".MapsActivity"
android:label="#string/legal_info"/>
<activity
android:name=".ImageList"
android:label="#string/image_info"/>
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme.NoActionBar">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity
android:name=".StarterApplication"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<meta-data
android:name="com.parse.APPLICATION_ID"
android:value="#string/parse_app_id" />
<meta-data
android:name="com.parse.CLIENT_KEY"
android:value="#string/parse_client_key" />
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
The StarterApplication.java is also below.
package com.jorc.fleetmanagement;
import android.app.Application;
import com.parse.Parse;
import com.parse.ParseACL;
import com.parse.ParseUser;
public class StarterApplication extends Application {
#Override
public void onCreate() {
super.onCreate();
// Enable Local Datastore.
Parse.enableLocalDatastore(this);
// Add your initialization code here
Parse.initialize(this,"my id", "my key");
ParseUser.enableAutomaticUser();
ParseACL defaultACL = new ParseACL();
// Optionally enable public read access.
// defaultACL.setPublicReadAccess(true);
ParseACL.setDefaultACL(defaultACL, true);
}
}
My app build.gradle is also below. Not sure what this mavern and jcenter means as I changed from jcenter to mavern (is this a right thing to do)
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
apply plugin: 'com.parse'
buildscript {
repositories {
mavenCentral()
maven { url 'https://maven.parse.com/repo' }
}
dependencies {
classpath 'com.parse.tools:gradle:1.+'
}
}
android {
compileSdkVersion 23
buildToolsVersion "23.0.2"
defaultConfig {
applicationId "com.jorc.fleetmanagement"
minSdkVersion 15
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'])
testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.1.1'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:8.3.0'
compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:23.1.1'
compile 'com.android.support:design:23.1.1'
compile 'com.parse.bolts:bolts-tasks:1.3.0'
compile 'com.parse:parse-android:1.11.0'
}
The error message is below being fairly sure it is because parse is not connecting and getting any results.
12-05 12:07:33.106 1858-1858/com.jorc.fleetmanagement D/score: Error: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.io.File com.parse.ParsePlugins.getParseDir()' on a null object reference
12-05 12:07:33.159 1858-1876/com.jorc.fleetmanagement W/EGL_emulation: eglSurfaceAttrib not implemented
12-05 12:07:33.159 1858-1876/com.jorc.fleetmanagement W/OpenGLRenderer: Failed to set EGL_SWAP_BEHAVIOR on surface 0xb4319c20, error=EGL_SUCCESS

Are you referencing the StarterApplication in your manifest file.
If you are not referencing it then just make application tag like this
Instead of referencing application class as an activity
<activity
android:name=".StarterApplication"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
Edit your apllication tag like this
<application
android:name=".StarterApplication"
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme">
Just add android:name=".StarterApplication" to you application tag
Then i think everything should work fine..

Why is my Android App unsupported for ALL devices on google play?

I published an Android app on the google play store but it says that it is incompatible with ALL devices:
Why is this? Just before this, I published another app and it really wasn't that much different from this one but it is compatible with almost all devices.
This is my manifest:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.xxx.yy" >
<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:theme="#style/AppTheme" >
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/app"
android:launchMode="singleTask">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<!-- register our ContentProvider -->
<provider
android:name=".data.app"
android:authorities="#string/content_authority"
android:exported="false"
android:syncable="true" />
<activity
android:name=".DetailActivity"
android:label="#string/title_activity_detail"
android:parentActivityName=".FavoritesActivity"
android:launchMode="singleTask">
<meta-data
android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY"
android:value="com.xxx.yyy.MainActivity" />
>
</activity>
<activity
android:name=".FavoritesActivity"
android:label="#string/title_activity_favorites"
android:parentActivityName=".MainActivity"
android:launchMode="singleTask">
<meta-data
android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY"
android:value="com.xxx.yyy.MainActivity" />
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
And this is my gradle.build file:
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
android {
compileSdkVersion 22
buildToolsVersion "22.0.1"
defaultConfig {
applicationId "com.xxx.yy"
minSdkVersion 10
targetSdkVersion 22
versionCode 1
versionName "1.0"
}
buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled false
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
}
}
}
dependencies {
compile fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:22.2.0'
compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:22.2.0'
compile 'org.json:json:20150729'
compile 'org.apache.directory.studio:org.apache.commons.codec:1.8'
compile 'com.nostra13.universalimageloader:universal-image-loader:1.9.4'
compile 'com.android.support:design:22.2.0'
}
I'm really lost here because I only have one permission, INTERNET..

I found out the culprit!
It was this line in my gradle file:
compile 'org.apache.directory.studio:org.apache.commons.codec:1.8'
This weird: Native platforms thing was showing up before all because of that gradle dependency!
Which does not make sense for me... I guess I have to find another dependency or something. Could someone explain to me why a dependency like that would cause this to happen?
I removed that line and upon reuploading my APK I now see this:

You appear to have an extra > in your manifest --
<meta-data
android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY"
android:value="com.xxx.yyy.MainActivity" />
> <==== DELETE THIS
</activity>
<activity
Not sure why your even able to make a build with that, but I tested a similar scenario and it made an APK for me. I would guess when you upload the .apk that is messing with google play's parsing for device compatibility.