Manifest merger failed uses-sdk minSdkVersion 14

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Since downloading the latest SDK and installing Android Studio  my project fails to build  I get the following message   Error Gradle  Execution failed for task   SampleProject processProdDebugManifest    gt  Manifest merger failed   uses-sdk minSdkVersion 14 cannot be smaller than version L declared in library com android support support-v4 21 0 0-rc1

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I solved the problem by editing the line below in build.gradle and it works! :-)

adding version 20.+'

From

 dependencies {
        compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:+'
    }

To

dependencies {
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:20.+'
}

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for people building hybrid apps using cordova CLI  this command will help   cordova build android -- --minSdkVersion 15   yes it uses double double dashes as you saw it

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Adding to the correct answers above  the problem still might occur due to library nesting  In this case  try as the example below   compile  com android support support-v4 20    compile   com github chrisbanes actionbarpulltorefresh extra-abs          example     exclude group   com android support   module  support-v4      exclude group   com android support   module  appcompat-v7

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lt uses-sdk tools node  replace    gt    No longer works   change uses-sdk to    lt uses-sdk tools overrideLibrary  com packagename of libary with conflict    gt    and add xmlns tools  http   schemas android com tools   in the       AndroidManifest xml file

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For people facing this issue in the Android Studio beta  the accepted answer didn t solve my problem  Importing a project downloaded from GitHub  I had the following in my build gradle file of app giving an error in question    dependencies       compile  com android support support-v4        But in my external library folder I have this folder   support-v4-21 0 0-rc1   note the 21   I solved the above problem by changing the dependency to   dependencies   compile  com android support support-v4 20      20 used less than available strange but works     Note  you might also need to download api level lower than the currently available in Android Studio for some library and projects for this to work properly

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Note  This has been updated to reflect the release of API 21  Lollipop  Be sure to download the latest SDK   In one of my modules I had the following in build gradle   dependencies       compile  com android support support-v4        Changing this to  dependencies          do not use dynamic updating      compile  com android support support-v4 21 0 0       fixed the issue    Make sure you re not doing a general inclusion of com android support support-v4   or any other support libraries  v7  v13  appcompat  etc   anywhere in your project   I d assume the problem is v4   picks up the release candidate  21 0 0-rc1  latest L release which obviously requires the L SDK    Edit   If you need to use the new views  CardView  RecyclerView  and Palette   the following should work   compile  com android support cardview-v7 21 0 0  compile  com android support recyclerview-v7 21 0 0  compile  com android support palette-v7 21 0 0     Credit to EddieRingle on  androiddev - http   www reddit com r androiddev comments 297xli howto use the v21 support libs on older versions    Another Edit  Be sure to see  murtuza s answer below regarding appcompat-v7 and upvote if it helps

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Don t forget  you should edit build gradle in  app  subfolder of your project  not in project s folder  I ve lost a working day trying to solve a problem with version  L

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Solution 1   Change uses-sdk to  lt uses-sdk tools node  replace    gt  and add      xmlns tools  http   schemas android com tools  in AndroidManifest xml    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      package  com demo android      android versionCode  16      android versionName  3 3 1  gt                   lt uses-sdk tools node  replace    gt               lt  manifest gt    Make sure you use gradle 0 11 and above to use Manifest merger   Solution 2    Change     compile  com android support support-v4    to  compile  com android support support-v4 20    in build gradle  This will prevent gradle from using  v4 21 0 0 that requires version L  However  if your any of your external dependencies uses the same  You will probably have to wait for them to update the same    Solution 3    Remove Comment  lt version gt 21 0 0-rc1 lt  version gt  in your file  lt android-sdk gt  extras android m2repository com android support-v4 maven-metadata xml Repeat the same for support-v7

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You have to configure all the supports and appcompat libraries with version 19    If the recommendation of leave the support library with the 19   version doesn t works you can try the next tip in your AndroidManifest file   First add this code   xmlns tools  http   schemas android com tools    And then  at the application level  not inside application         lt uses-sdk tools node  replace    gt

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I have the second solution    unzip https   dl dropboxusercontent com u 16403954 android-21 zip to sdk platforms  change build gradle like   compileSdkVersion 21 buildToolsVersion  20 0 0   defaultConfig       applicationId  package name      minSdkVersion 10     targetSdkVersion 21     versionCode 1     versionName  1 0     add    lt uses-sdk tools node  replace    gt     in Manifest with xmlns tools  schemas android com tools   Go to sdk extras android m2repository com android support support-v4 21 0 0-rc1    unpack support-v4-21 0 0-rc1 aar and edit AndroidManifest xml like  from    lt uses-sdk         android minSdkVersion  L          android targetSdkVersion  L    gt    to    lt uses-sdk         android minSdkVersion  4          android targetSdkVersion  21    gt    P S  You can do this with all support libraries that need

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For me the issue like this is solved by changing the   minSdkVersion 14   In the build gladdle file and use the one that is specified in the error message  but the issue was   Manifest merger failed   uses-sdk minSdkVersion 14 cannot be smaller than version 15 declared in library   So I changed from 14 to 15 in the build gladdle file and it works  give it a try

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The best way is to let the Android Studio fix the issue   I did the below  and it worked fine    Open your project in Android Studio  errors will be popup  if there is a link given to fix it click on it  Re-open your project in Android Studio  errors will be popup  there will be a link this time if it s not given in the Step 1  click on the given link to fix it    Note that both operations took several minutes of time  but fixed all issues

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The only thing that worked for me is this   In project properties  I changed   cordova system library 1 com android support support-v4   to cordova system library 1 com android support support-v4 20

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compile  com android support support-v4 19 1 0        force   true     Helped me  taken from here

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You just change Minimum API Level from Build Settings - gt  Player Settings - gt  Other Settings - gt  Minimum SDK Level to some higher version

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I have some projects where I prefer to target L MR1 SDKv22  and some projects where I prefer KK SDKv19   Your result may be different  but this worked for me      Targeting L MR1  Android 5 1   SDK 22 android       compileSdkVersion 22     buildToolsVersion  22       defaultConfig           minSdkVersion 9         targetSdkVersion 22          dependencies       compile fileTree dir   libs   include      jar            google support libraries  22      compile  com android support support-v4 22 0 0      compile  com android support appcompat-v7 22 0 0      compile  com android support cardview-v7 21 0 3      compile  com android support recyclerview-v7 21 0 3          Targeting KK  Android 4 4 x   SDK 19 android       compileSdkVersion 19     buildToolsVersion  19 1       defaultConfig           minSdkVersion 9         targetSdkVersion 19          dependencies       compile fileTree dir   libs   include      jar            google libraries  19      compile  com android support support-v4 19 1       compile  com android support appcompat-v7 19 1       compile  com android support cardview-v7        compile  com android support recyclerview-v7

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Thank you  Murtuza  Your answer helped me to solve my problem but in my case   compile  com android support support-v13 19   also  along with   compile  com android support support-v4 19    compile  com android support appcompat-v7 19     from compile  com android support support-v4    compile  com android support support-v7    compile  com android support support-v13    Hope this might help some one

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Just target the required minSdkVersion i e change to the needed one In my case minSdkVersion was 14   Changing to minSdkVersion 16 solved the issue  compileSdkVersion 29     defaultConfig           applicationId  e futaaapp          minSdkVersion 14         targetSdkVersion 29         versionCode 1         versionName  1 0          testInstrumentationRunner  androidx test runner AndroidJUnitRunner         compileSdkVersion 29     defaultConfig           applicationId  e futaaapp          minSdkVersion 16         targetSdkVersion 29         versionCode 1         versionName  1 0          testInstrumentationRunner  androidx test runner AndroidJUnitRunner

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Also  in case you are importing the appcompat-v7 library make sure you tag a version number at the end of it like so   compile  com android support support-v4 19    compile  com android support appcompat-v7 19      After only changing the support-v4 version  I still received the error       Manifest merger failed   uses-sdk minSdkVersion 15 cannot be smaller than version L declared in library com android support support-v4 21 0 0-rc1   It was a bit confusing because it looks like v4 is still the problem  but  in fact  restricting the appcompat v7 version fixed the problem

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I also had the same issue and changing following helped me   from   dependencies       compile  com android support support-v4      to   dependencies    compile  com android support support-v4 20 0 0

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In the build gradle file  It was by default compile  com android support support-v4    so when you build the gradle projecit would consider  com android support support-v4 21 0 0-rc1 because of the recent L developer preview release   Make changes in the following line and it will resolve the issue  Change  compile  com android support support-v4       to  compile  com android support support-v4 20      Similarly when using v7-appcompat support library  make the change from  compile  com android support appcompat-v7     to   compile  com android support appcompat-v7 20

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I make all of the solutions in here with no result  so i look in another place and i found a way to trick the IDE  so you have to put a line in the Mainfest to make the Gradle use a different one  the one that you put on build gradle the line is    lt uses-sdk tools node  replace    gt    just it  and it work   I hope it helps

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You need to remove from build gradle compile  com android support support-v13

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Try deleting the build folder s  in your project and resync your gradle project to rebuild it   Also  like others have said in this post - instead of doing something like this   compile  com android support support-v4 19      do this   compile  com android support support-v4 19 1 0

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Here s the new bug filed for this btw https   code google com p android issues detail id 72430  Assuming you are using the Support Repository  the workaround is to comment or remove the line  21 0 0-rc1 in the local Maven repo listing file at  extras android m2repository com android support-v4 maven-metadata xml

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Solution  Manifest merger failed Attribute application ppComponentFactory      If you are using any latest  amp  greatest Firebase libraries or any other libraries  those are actually using AndroidX instead of android support then you might have the issue as Manifest merger failed   So  in this case  your project needs to migrate to AndroidX  So follow the link  https   firebase google com support release-notes android update - june 17 2019  Or watch this video   https   youtu be RgveQ4AY1L8 Thank you

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The problem still arises with transitive dependencies  Gradle offers a way to force the usage of a specific version of a dependency   For example you can add something like   configurations all       resolutionStrategy           force  com android support support-v4 20            force  com android support appcompat-v7 20              to your build gradle   If you want to learn more about gradle resolution strategies refer to this guide http   www gradle org docs current dsl org gradle api artifacts ResolutionStrategy html  I found this while reading the corresponding issue which I will link here

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In Android Studio 1 1 0  File - Project Structure - Tab Flavors - Select Min SDK Version which is higher than in Manifest

[android] Manifest merger failed : uses-sdk:minSdkVersion 14

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