Gradle Execution failed for task processDebugManifest

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I m getting a gradle error at building since yesterday - it just came randomly      Full stacktrace here   My project depends on multiple libraries and it built without any problems until yesterday  even with the librarys   compile  com google android gms play-services 3 1 36  compile  com android support support-v4 13 0 0  compile project   libs DatabaseCreationHelper   compile project   libs actionbarsherlock     Anyone has an idea how to fix it  it just randomly came    Full stacktrace here     Exception is  org gradle api tasks TaskExecutionException  Execution failed for task   ItchyFeet processDebugManifest   at org gradle api internal tasks execution ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter executeActions ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter java 69  at org gradle api internal tasks execution ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter execute ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter java 46  at org gradle api internal tasks execution PostExecutionAnalysisTaskExecuter execute PostExecutionAnalysisTaskExecuter java 35  at org gradle api internal changedetection state CacheLockReleasingTaskExecuter 1 run CacheLockReleasingTaskExecuter java 35  at org gradle internal Factories 1 create Factories java 22  at org gradle cache internal DefaultCacheAccess longRunningOperation DefaultCacheAccess java 179  at org gradle cache internal DefaultCacheAccess longRunningOperation DefaultCacheAccess java 232  at org gradle cache internal DefaultPersistentDirectoryStore longRunningOperation DefaultPersistentDirectoryStore java 142  at org gradle api internal changedetection state DefaultTaskArtifactStateCacheAccess longRunningOperation DefaultTaskArtifactStateCacheAccess java 83  at org gradle api internal changedetection state CacheLockReleasingTaskExecuter execute CacheLockReleasingTaskExecuter java 33  at org gradle api internal tasks execution SkipUpToDateTaskExecuter execute SkipUpToDateTaskExecuter java 58  at org gradle api internal tasks execution ContextualisingTaskExecuter execute ContextualisingTaskExecuter java 34  at org gradle api internal changedetection state CacheLockAcquiringTaskExecuter 1 run CacheLockAcquiringTaskExecuter java 39  at org gradle internal Factories 1 create Factories java 22  at org gradle cache internal DefaultCacheAccess useCache DefaultCacheAccess java 124  at org gradle cache internal DefaultCacheAccess useCache DefaultCacheAccess java 112  at org gradle cache internal DefaultPersistentDirectoryStore useCache DefaultPersistentDirectoryStore java 134  at org gradle api internal changedetection state DefaultTaskArtifactStateCacheAccess useCache DefaultTaskArtifactStateCacheAccess java 79  at org gradle api internal changedetection state CacheLockAcquiringTaskExecuter execute CacheLockAcquiringTaskExecuter java 37  at org gradle api internal tasks execution ValidatingTaskExecuter execute ValidatingTaskExecuter java 57  at org gradle api internal tasks execution SkipEmptySourceFilesTaskExecuter execute SkipEmptySourceFilesTaskExecuter java 41  at org gradle api internal tasks execution SkipTaskWithNoActionsExecuter execute SkipTaskWithNoActionsExecuter java 51  at org gradle api internal tasks execution SkipOnlyIfTaskExecuter execute SkipOnlyIfTaskExecuter java 52  at org gradle api internal tasks execution ExecuteAtMostOnceTaskExecuter execute ExecuteAtMostOnceTaskExecuter java 42  at org gradle api internal AbstractTask executeWithoutThrowingTaskFailure AbstractTask java 282  at org gradle execution taskgraph DefaultTaskPlanExecutor executeTask DefaultTaskPlanExecutor java 48  at org gradle execution taskgraph DefaultTaskPlanExecutor processTask DefaultTaskPlanExecutor java 34  at org gradle execution taskgraph DefaultTaskPlanExecutor process DefaultTaskPlanExecutor java 27  at org gradle execution taskgraph DefaultTaskGraphExecuter execute DefaultTaskGraphExecuter java 89  at org gradle execution SelectedTaskExecutionAction execute SelectedTaskExecutionAction java 29  at org gradle execution DefaultBuildExecuter execute DefaultBuildExecuter java 61  at org gradle execution DefaultBuildExecuter access 200 DefaultBuildExecuter java 23  at org gradle execution DefaultBuildExecuter 2 proceed DefaultBuildExecuter java 67  at org gradle api internal changedetection state TaskCacheLockHandlingBuildExecuter 1 run TaskCacheLockHandlingBuildExecuter java 31  at org gradle internal Factories 1 create Factories java 22  at org gradle cache internal DefaultCacheAccess useCache DefaultCacheAccess java 124  at org gradle cache internal DefaultCacheAccess useCache DefaultCacheAccess java 112  at org gradle cache internal DefaultPersistentDirectoryStore useCache DefaultPersistentDirectoryStore java 134  at org gradle api internal changedetection state DefaultTaskArtifactStateCacheAccess useCache DefaultTaskArtifactStateCacheAccess java 79  at org gradle api internal changedetection state TaskCacheLockHandlingBuildExecuter execute TaskCacheLockHandlingBuildExecuter java 29  at org gradle execution DefaultBuildExecuter execute DefaultBuildExecuter java 61  at org gradle execution DefaultBuildExecuter access 200 DefaultBuildExecuter java 23  at org gradle execution DefaultBuildExecuter 2 proceed DefaultBuildExecuter java 67  at org gradle execution DryRunBuildExecutionAction execute DryRunBuildExecutionAction java 32  at org gradle execution DefaultBuildExecuter execute DefaultBuildExecuter java 61  at org gradle execution DefaultBuildExecuter execute DefaultBuildExecuter java 54  at org gradle initialization DefaultGradleLauncher doBuildStages DefaultGradleLauncher java 166  at org gradle initialization DefaultGradleLauncher doBuild DefaultGradleLauncher java 113  at org gradle initialization DefaultGradleLauncher run DefaultGradleLauncher java 81  at org gradle launcher exec InProcessBuildActionExecuter DefaultBuildController run InProcessBuildActionExecuter java 64  at org gradle launcher cli ExecuteBuildAction run ExecuteBuildAction java 33  at org gradle launcher cli ExecuteBuildAction run ExecuteBuildAction java 24  at org gradle launcher exec InProcessBuildActionExecuter execute InProcessBuildActionExecuter java 35  at org gradle launcher exec InProcessBuildActionExecuter execute InProcessBuildActionExecuter java 26  at org gradle launcher cli RunBuildAction run RunBuildAction java 50  at org gradle api internal Actions RunnableActionAdapter execute Actions java 171  at org gradle launcher cli CommandLineActionFactory ParseAndBuildAction execute CommandLineActionFactory java 201  at org gradle launcher cli CommandLineActionFactory ParseAndBuildAction execute CommandLineActionFactory java 174  at org gradle launcher cli CommandLineActionFactory WithLogging execute CommandLineActionFactory java 170  at org gradle launcher cli CommandLineActionFactory WithLogging execute CommandLineActionFactory java 139  at org gradle launcher cli ExceptionReportingAction execute ExceptionReportingAction java 33  at org gradle launcher cli ExceptionReportingAction execute ExceptionReportingAction java 22  at org gradle launcher Main doAction Main java 48  at org gradle launcher bootstrap EntryPoint run EntryPoint java 45  at org gradle launcher Main main Main java 39  at org gradle launcher bootstrap ProcessBootstrap runNoExit ProcessBootstrap java 50  at org gradle launcher bootstrap ProcessBootstrap run ProcessBootstrap java 32  at org gradle launcher GradleMain main GradleMain java 26  Caused by  java lang RuntimeException  Manifest merging failed  See console for more info  at com android builder AndroidBuilder doMerge AndroidBuilder java 475  at com android builder AndroidBuilder mergeLibraryManifests AndroidBuilder java 461  at com android builder AndroidBuilder processManifest AndroidBuilder java 301  at com android builder AndroidBuilder processManifest call Unknown Source  at com android build gradle tasks ProcessAppManifest doFullTaskAction ProcessAppManifest groovy 65  at com android build gradle internal tasks IncrementalTask taskAction IncrementalTask groovy 71  at org gradle api internal BeanDynamicObject MetaClassAdapter invokeMethod BeanDynamicObject java 216  at org gradle api internal BeanDynamicObject invokeMethod BeanDynamicObject java 122  at org gradle api internal CompositeDynamicObject invokeMethod CompositeDynamicObject java 147  at com android build gradle tasks ProcessAppManifest Decorated invokeMethod Unknown Source  at org gradle util ReflectionUtil invoke ReflectionUtil groovy 23  at org gradle api internal project taskfactory AnnotationProcessingTaskFactory StandardTaskAction doExecute AnnotationProcessingTaskFactory java 217  at org gradle api internal project taskfactory AnnotationProcessingTaskFactory StandardTaskAction execute AnnotationProcessingTaskFactory java 210  at org gradle api internal project taskfactory AnnotationProcessingTaskFactory StandardTaskAction execute AnnotationProcessingTaskFactory java 199  at org gradle api internal AbstractTask TaskActionWrapper execute AbstractTask java 526  at org gradle api internal AbstractTask TaskActionWrapper execute AbstractTask java 509  at org gradle api internal tasks execution ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter executeAction ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter java 80  at org gradle api internal tasks execution ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter executeActions ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter java 61      67 more

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I had these error since I didnt have the required SDK version installed  After downloading and installing the SDK version present in build gradle Android Manifest file  it got resolved

User · Answer

I came across similar problem  when I run   cordova build android   which report errors     home app phonegap helloworld platforms android AndroidManifest xml 15 5 Error  uses-sdk minSdkVersion 7 cannot be smaller than version 10 declared in library   home app phonegap helloworld platforms android build intermediates exploded-aar android CordovaLib unspecified debug AndroidManifest xml Suggestion  use tools overrideLibrary  org apache cordova  to force usage    processDebugManifest FAILED  FAILURE  Build failed with an exception    What went wrong  Execution failed for task   processDebugManifest       Manifest merger failed   uses-sdk minSdkVersion 7 cannot be smaller than version 10 declared in library  home app phonegap helloworld platforms android build intermediates exploded-aar android CordovaLib unspecified debug AndroidManifest xml   Suggestion  use tools overrideLibrary  org apache cordova  to force usage    In my case   uses-sdk minSdkVersion 7 cannot be smaller than version 10 declared    above solution do not work   but I solve them by  replace    lt preference name  android-minSdkVersion  value  7    gt    as    lt preference name  android-minSdkVersion  value  10    gt    in  this two file  home app phonegap helloworld config xml    home app phonegap helloworld platforms android res xml config xml

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Just add these two lines at  gradle properties    android useAndroidX true android enableJetifier true

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This appears to occur because Google Play Services require Android 2.2, which is SDK version 8.

In build.gradle, make sure your minSdkVersion is at least 8. The default appears to be 7. So you have something like this:

android {
    compileSdkVersion 17
    buildToolsVersion "17.0.0"

    defaultConfig {
        minSdkVersion 8
        targetSdkVersion 16
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:13.0.+'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:3.1.36'
}

User · Answer

compile  com github wenchaojiang AndroidSwipeableCardStack 0 1 1    If this is the dependency you have added then change it to   compile  com github wenchaojiang AndroidSwipeableCardStack 0 1 4    and make sure that target sdk should not be less then 15

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I also faced this error when I was adding firebase push notifications in my app. but in my case I was doing a very silly mistake which i noticed after some time. I declared below code in manifest two times. After removing duplicate declaration. my issue solved.

        <service   android:name="com.evampsaanga.mytelenor.firebase.MyFirebaseInstanceIDService">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="com.google.firebase.INSTANCE_ID_EVENT" />
        </intent-filter>
    </service>`

so you also check if there is anything duplicate in your app manifest file.

User · Answer

Duplication declaration of same activity in Android Manifest file

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if you are using android studio you should run the android studio through the command prompt in windows  or terminal in UNIX base OS  so you can see more detail about this error in command prompt window

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In my case  it was because of duplicate permission in my Manifest file and minSDKVersion of library was greater than minSDKVersion of my project  I just made that minSDKVersion equal and compiled with success

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I met the problem in another reason   I was building app in Android Studio  and I had a app module and another module  App module depended on the other module   But part of build gradle of app module is     lt application     android allowBackup  false      android label   string app name      android supportsRtl  true  gt             lt  application gt    while the other module s build gradle part is    lt application     android allowBackup  true      android label  Android Lua      android supportsRtl  true  gt    lt  application gt    So  I change the module s build gradle part to    lt application     android allowBackup  false      android label   string app name      android supportsRtl  true  gt    lt  application gt    Problem solved

User · Answer

I came across the same problem and what I did to fix it was to add   tools replace  android icon    to  element at AndroidManifest to override

User · Answer

It could be a duplicate permission added in the manifest file  In my case   uses-permission android name  android permission READ PHONE STATE  was repeated

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Found the solution to this problem   gradle assemble -info gave me the hint that the Manifests have different SDK Versions and cannot be merged   I needed to edit my Manifests and build gradle file and everything worked again      To be clear you need to edit the uses-sdk in the AndroidManifest xml   lt uses-sdk android minSdkVersion  14  android targetSdkVersion  16    gt    and the android section  particularly minSdkVersion and targetSdkVersion in the build gradle file  android       compileSdkVersion 17     buildToolsVersion  17 0 0       defaultConfig           minSdkVersion 14         targetSdkVersion 16

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Maybe it s because of duplicate Activity declaration in your manifest

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In my case I had into the manifest file an invalid tag structure  I had an opened activity closed but inside it where were ore activities       which invalidates file correctness  to find it it took quite two hours  error reported missing unknown  lt activity gt

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This Issue is raise because of compileSdkVersion 26 buildToolsVersion "26.0.0" or compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26.+'

instead of this use compileSdkVersion 25 buildToolsVersion "25.0.3" compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.+'

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If you add dependencies such as ActionBarSherlock by Gradle,
carefully set your targetSdkVersion 17 or above.

Below quote is --info logs when ActionBarSherlock mismatch with private project.

[C:\Me\Documents\GitHub\project\AndroidManifest.xml:3, C:\Me\Documents\GitHub\project\build\exploded-bundles\ComActionbarsherlockActionbarsherlock440.aar\AndroidManifest.xml:2] Main manifest has but library uses targetSdkVersion='17'
:testApp:processDebugManifest FAILED

It would be better that maintains own project targetSdkVersion as newest as possible.

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I wish the Lukas Olsen solution works for other scenarios, But in my case is quite different.

I faced the same while add ActionBarShelock to project, by comparing to the older library I found that application tag is missing in manifest. By adding one line I fixed my issue.

</application>

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i solved by putting this one line in application tag     tools node  replace

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For what I can see  if you have a multi-module project with Android Studio and gradle  the IDE try to merge manifest files from every module into a Main manifest   If you have a module A and a module B  and in the A manifest you declare some activity from B module  gradle will enconter a issue when merging   Try removing cross-module reference in manifest files

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Maybe you have some duplicated Activities

Like this:

<activity android:name=".register.RegisterStepsActivity" />

....

<activity android:name=".register.RegisterStepsActivity" />

just comment one of them

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In my case   I define the activity twice in manifest file    lt application   android allowBackup  false    android label   string app name     gt           lt activity         android name  com xxx ActivityOne          android configChanges  orientation screenSize          android windowSoftInputMode  stateHidden adjustResize    gt           Problem here   same activity twice define         lt activity         android name  com xxx ActivityOne          android configChanges  orientation screenSize          android windowSoftInputMode  stateHidden adjustResize    gt         lt  application gt    After remove the duplicate error solved

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In my context I removed the comment in manifest xml and it worked

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In my case I had written the  tag twice  That was my only mistake It was before code     lt uses-permission android name  android permission SYSTEM ALERT WINDOW   gt        lt uses-permission android name  android permission RECORD AUDIO   gt     lt application tools targetApi  28  tools ignore  GoogleAppIndexingWarning  android networkSecurityConfig   xml react native config    gt       lt application application tools targetApi  28  tools ignore  GoogleAppIndexingWarning  android networkSecurityConfig   xml react native config   gt    lt  application gt         Just removing the application tag solved my problem    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt manifest xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      xmlns tools  http   schemas android com tools  gt        lt uses-permission android name  android permission SYSTEM ALERT WINDOW   gt          lt application tools targetApi  28  tools ignore  GoogleAppIndexingWarning  android networkSecurityConfig   xml react native config    gt      lt  manifest gt    The points you should have only one  tag  can have more than one   and   but one   tag  That s what I know at this moment

User · Answer

I had   tools replace  android allowBackup    in my AndroidManifest xml file   I have got the exact information in merged manifest section     After removing it the error got resolved

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Try changing    lt manifest xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android  gt       lt uses-sdk android minSdkVersion  14  android targetSdkVersion  16    gt    To    lt manifest xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      xmlns tools  http   schemas android com tools  gt       lt uses-sdk xmlns tools  http   schemas android com tools      android minSdkVersion  14  android targetSdkVersion  16    gt

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In my case I took the code from React Native Android Docs I added the

+   <uses-permission tools:node="remove" android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" />
+   <uses-permission tools:node="remove" android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
+   <uses-permission tools:node="remove" android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

but forgot the part I should add to manifest xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"

After I add problem solved. Think that there is someone miss the same line like me.

Have a nice day!

User · Answer

2 things you need to add to AndroidManifest.xml:

1st: add xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" to manifest tag

<manifest xmlns:android=".........
   package="...........
   xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">

2nd: Add tools:replace="icon" to application tag

<application
       android:icon=.........
       android:label=.......
       tools:replace="icon">

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In a general way  to see what is the error  you can see the merged Manifest File in Android studio  Go on your manifest file     Click on the bottom tab  Merged Manifest     On the right screen  in  Other Manifest Files   check for any error due to graddle

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This error might be because of an attribute left empty in the manifest file.

An example:

<application
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:logo="@drawable/ic_actionbar"
    android:supportsRtl="true"
    android:fullBackupContent="">
...
</application>

The fullBackupContent is empty in the above example.

When it's changed to android:fullBackupContent="true" it will be fixed.

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Found another possible solution for this when trying to update my Urban Airship to the latest version. In my top-level build.gradle file the code looked like:

// 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:0.12.2'

        // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
        // in the individual module build.gradle files
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
    }
}

by default as generated by Android Studio. I changed this to a later gradle version by replacing this with:

buildscript {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.13.+'
    }
}

And after that the project would build.

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I had the same problem and none of the other answers helped.

In my case, a comment in the manifest file was the culprit:

<manifest [...]
    android:installLocation="auto">
    <!-- change installLocation back to external after test -->

    <uses-sdk [...]

(This might be a bug, seeing how comments in other areas of the manifest dont cause any problems.)

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I solved this problem in Android Studio 3 5 by cleaning and rebuilding project   Just click to Build -  Rebuild Project

[android] Gradle: Execution failed for task ':processDebugManifest'

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