Tools replace not replacing in Android manifest

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I am using a gradle project with many different library dependencies and using the new manifest merger  In my  lt application   gt  tag I have it set up as such    lt application tools replace  android icon  android label  android theme  android name      android name  com example myapp MyApplcation      android allowBackup  true      android icon   drawable ic launcher      android label   string application name      android logo   drawable logo ab      android theme   style AppTheme       gt        lt  application gt    Yet I am receiving the error    android MyApp app src main AndroidManifest xml 29 9        Error  Attribute application icon value   drawable ic launcher  from AndroidManifest xml 29 9 is also present at  Library Name  value   drawable app icon  Suggestion  add  tools replace  android icon   to  lt application gt  element at AndroidManifest xml 26 5 to override   android MyApp app src main AndroidManifest xml 30 9 Error  Attribute application label value   string application name  from AndroidManifest xml 30 9 is also present at  Library Name  value   string app name  Suggestion  add  tools replace  android label   to  lt application gt  element at AndroidManifest xml 26 5 to override   android MyApp app src main AndroidManifest xml 27 9 Error  Attribute application name value  com example myapp MyApplication  from AndroidManifest xml 27 9 is also present at  Another Library   Suggestion  add  tools replace  android name   to  lt application gt  element at AndroidManifest xml 26 5 to override   android MyApp app src main AndroidManifest xml 32 9 Error  Attribute application theme value   style AppTheme  from AndroidManifest xml 32 9 is also present at  Library Name  value   style AppTheme  Suggestion  add  tools replace  android theme   to  lt application gt  element at AndroidManifest xml 26 5 to override

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I was receiving a similar error on a project I was importing:

Multiple entries with same key: android:icon=REPLACE and tools:icon=REPLACE

Fixed after changing the below line within the application tag:

tools:replace="icon, label, theme"

to

tools:replace="android:icon, android:label, android:theme"

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FIXED IT HAD THE EXACT ERROR  Just add this tools replace  android icon android theme   into your application tag in your manifest  it works just fine

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Declare your manifest header like this   lt manifest xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      package  com yourpackage      xmlns tools  http   schemas android com tools  gt    Then you can add to your application tag the following attribute    lt application     tools replace  icon  label      gt    For example I need to replace icon and label  Good luck

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You can replace those in your Manifest application tag    lt application     tools replace  android icon  android label  android theme  android name android allowBackup  android allowBackup  false     gt    and will work for you

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I also went through this problem and changed that    lt application  android debuggable  true  android icon   drawable app icon  android label   string app name  android supportsRtl  true  android allowBackup  false  android fullBackupOnly  false  android theme   style UnityThemeSelector  gt    to    lt application tools replace  android allowBackup  android debuggable  true  android icon   drawable app icon  android label   string app name  android supportsRtl  true  android allowBackup  false  android fullBackupOnly  false  android theme   style UnityThemeSelector  gt

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Try reordering your dependencies in your gradle file   I had to move the offending library from the bottom of the list to the top  and then it worked

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tools replace  android supportsRtl android allowBackup icon label  gt

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Final Working Solution for me  Highlighted the tages in the sample code     add the xmlns tools line in the manifest tag add tools replace in the application tag   Example    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt manifest xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      package  pagination yoga com tamiltv        xmlns tools  http   schemas android com tools         gt        lt uses-permission android name  android permission INTERNET    gt       lt uses-permission android name  android permission ACCESS NETWORK STATE    gt       lt uses-permission android name  android permission ACCESS WIFI STATE    gt        lt application         android allowBackup  true          android icon   drawable ic launcher          android label   string app name          android theme   style AppTheme            tools replace  android icon android theme             gt

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The missing piece for me was this   xmlns tools  http   schemas android com tools    for example    lt manifest xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android    xmlns tools  http   schemas android com tools      package  com your appid  gt

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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      in the application tag

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I just experienced the same behavior of tools replace     as described by the OP    It turned out that the root cause for tools replace being ignored by the manifest merger is a bug described here  It basically means that if you have a library in your project that contains a manifest with an  lt application     gt  node containing a tools ignore     attribute  it can happen that the tools replace     attribute in the manifest of your main module will be ignored   The tricky point here is that it can happen  but does not have to  In my case I had two libraries  library A with the tools ignore     attribute  library B with the attributes to be replaced in the respective manifests and the tools replace     attribute in the manifest of the main module  If the manifest of B was merged into the main manifest before the manifest of A everything worked as expected  In opposite merge order the error appeared   The order in which these merges happen seems to be somewhat random  In my case changing the order in the dependencies section of build gradle had no effect but changing the name of the flavor did it    So  the only reliable workaround seems to be to unpack the problem causing library  remove the tools ignore     tag  which should be no problem as it is a hint for lint only  and pack the library again   And vote for the bug to be fixed  of cause

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My problem is multi modules project with base module  app module and feature module  Each module has AndroidManifest of its own  and I implemented build variant for debug and main  So we must sure that  android name  just declared in Manifest of debug and main only  and do not set it in any of Manifest in child module  Ex  Manifest in main     lt application         android name   App   gt    Manifest in debug    lt application         tools replace  android name          android name   DebugApp            gt    Do not set  android name  in other Manifest files like this    lt application android name   App  gt    Just define in feature module like this and it will merged fine   lt application gt

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You can replace those in your Manifest application tag    lt application             tools replace  android label  android icon  android theme   gt    and will work for you   Explanation  Using such a dependency library in your gradle file which has those labels in its Manifest s application tag may produce this problem and replacing them in your Manifest is the solution

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I fixed same issue  Solution for me    add the xmlns tools  http   schemas android com tools  line in the manifest tag add tools replace    in the manifest tag move android label     in the manifest tag   Example     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                tools replace  allowBackup  label                android allowBackup  false                android label   string all app name   gt

[android] Tools: replace not replacing in Android manifest

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