Android Getting Manifest merger failed error after updating to a new version of gradle

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After accepting to update the project to new version of gradle I get this 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 cardview-v7 26 0 0-alpha1  AndroidManifest xml 24 9-38     is also present at  com android support design 25 3 1  AndroidManifest xml 27 9-31 value  25 3 1       Suggestion  add  tools replace  android value   to  lt meta-data gt  element at AndroidManifest xml 22 5-24 41 to override    How can I solve this problem  This is my app s build gradle file   android       compileSdkVersion 25     buildToolsVersion  25 0 2      defaultConfig           applicationId  com sample bookReader          minSdkVersion 16         targetSdkVersion 25         versionCode 1         versionName  1 0                   dependencies       compile fileTree include      jar    dir   libs       compile  com android support multidex        compile  com android support appcompat-v7 26 0 0-alpha1      compile  com android support cardview-v7 26 0 0-alpha1      compile  com android support design 25       compile  com jakewharton butterknife 8 2 1      apt  com jakewharton butterknife-compiler 8 2 1              And this is the project s build gradle   buildscript       repositories           jcenter             dependencies           classpath  com android tools build gradle 2 3 1          classpath  com neenbedankt gradle plugins android-apt 1 8           allprojects       repositories           jcenter           maven   url  https   www jitpack io             task clean type  Delete        delete rootProject buildDir     How do I fix this error while maintaining the changes made by updating the gradle version

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The error for me was   Manifest merger failed   Attribute meta-data android support VERSION value value  26 0 2  from  com android support percent 26 0 2  AndroidManifest xml 25 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  lt meta-data gt  element at AndroidManifest xml 23 9-25 38 to override    The solution for me was in my project Gradle file I needed to bump my com google gms google-services version   I was using version 3 1 1   classpath  com google gms google-services 3 1 1   And the error resolved after I bumped it to version 3 2 1   classpath  com google gms google-services 3 2 1   I had just upgraded all my libraries to the latest including v27 1 1 of all the support libraries and v15 0 0 of all the Firebase libraries when I saw the error

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I solve that with putting this at the end of my app module build gradle       configurations all        resolutionStrategy eachDependency   DependencyResolveDetails details - gt      def requested   details requested     if  requested group     com android support             if   requested name startsWith  multidex                  details useVersion  26 0 0

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You are using multiple versions of the Android Support Libraries   compile  com android support appcompat-v7 26 0 0-alpha1  compile  com android support cardview-v7 26 0 0-alpha1  compile  com android support design 25     Two are 26 0 0-alpha1  and one is using 25    Pick one concrete version and use it for all three of these  Since your compileSdkVersion is not O  use 25 3 1 for all three of these libraries  resulting in   compile  com android support appcompat-v7 25 3 1  compile  com android support cardview-v7 25 3 1  compile  com android support design 25 3 1

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you try read link this  Error Execution failed for task     app processDevDebugManifest     Manifest merger failed   Attribute meta-data android support VERSION value value  25 3 0  then usd VERSION 26 0 0    https   medium com  PongPloyAppDev error-execution-failed-for-task-app-processdevdebugmanifest-48576be751

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I m not using different versions of libraries and got the same error  it s happened after remove buildToolsVersion in AS RC 1  but adding tools node  replace   did the trick  just add this into your manifest xml inside  lt application       gt  block    lt meta-data   tools node  replace   android name  com google android gms version   android value   integer google play services version    gt

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You can find out what library depends on a wrong version of the support library and exclude it like this   compile   com stripe stripe-android 5 1 1         exclude group   com android support        stripe-android in my case

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It happen the same thing to me  See  on Gradle -  Build Gradle -  and make sure  that the compatibility matches in both compile  app compat  and  support design  lines  they should have the same version    Then to be super sure  that it will launch with no problem  go to File -  Project Structure - app and check on tab propertie the build Tools version  it should be the same as your support compile line  just in case i put the target SDK version as 25 as well on the tab Flavors    dependencies       compile fileTree include      jar    dir   libs       androidTestCompile  com android support test espresso espresso-    core 2 2 2             exclude group   com android support   module   support-annotations              compile  com android support appcompat-v7 25 3 1       compile  com android support constraint constraint-layout 1 0 2      testCompile  junit junit 4 12       compile  com android support design 25 3 1       Thats what I did and worked  Good luck

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The answer are accepted but one thing you could also do is to define the libraries from your project structure  What you can do is      Comment all the libraries in which problem is coming  Goto your project structure  Add libraries from there and it ll sync automatically and the problem goes off  If problem persists try looking from the error log that what library is it demanding after following all the above 3 steps    What happens is the predefined libraries as off now now I m taking the appcompat 26 0 0-alpha1 it uses the older version of the things when you add something new and tries to resolve it with the old stuffs  When you add it from your project structure  it ll add the same thing but with the new stuffs to resolve it  Your problem would be resolved

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Put this at the end of your app module build gradle   configurations all       resolutionStrategy eachDependency   DependencyResolveDetails details - gt          def requested   details requested         if  requested group     com android support                 if   requested name startsWith  multidex                      details useVersion  25 3 0                                    Credit to Eugen Pechanec

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Update your support library to last version   Open Manifest File   and add it into Manifest File   lt uses-sdk tools overrideLibrary  android support v17 leanback   gt  And add for recyclerview in     build gradle Module app   compile  com android support recyclerview-v7 25 3 1  And click   Sync Now

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I have updated old android project for the Wear OS  I have got this error message while build the project   Manifest merger failed   Attribute meta-data android support VERSION value value  26 0 2  from  com android support percent 26 0 2  AndroidManifest xml 25 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  lt meta-data gt  element at AndroidManifest xml 23 9-25 38 to override    My build gradle for Wear app contains these dependencies   dependencies   implementation fileTree dir   libs   include      jar    implementation  com google android support wearable 2 4 0  implementation  com google android gms play-services-wearable 16 0 1  compileOnly  com google android wearable wearable 2 4 0     SOLUTION   Adding implementation  com android support support-v4 28 0 0  into the dependencies solved my problem

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I 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 compileSdkVersion and targetSdkVersion to 25   compileSdkVersion 25 targetSdkVersion 25

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Try deleting the meta data and rebuild project

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