Everytime i try to build a project the debug\manifest file comes up and says files under the build folder are generated and should not be edited and many errors come up saying android:version name, allow backup and others should not be here, even though I did not edit them. This happens for every android project, even new empty ones ones. I try invalidating cache and restarting Rebuilding/ cleaning projects Uninstalling/Reinstalling android 3.0, this error occured once I upgraded from 2.3.3 to 3.0 btw.
Here are the gradle build errors
Information:Gradle tasks [:app:generateDebugSources, :app:generateDebugAndroidTestSources, :app:mockableAndroidJar, :app:compileDebugAndroidTestSources, :app:compileDebugUnitTestSources, :app:compileDebugSources]
C:\Users\moiz_\Desktop\AndroidStudioProjects\MyApplication2\app\build\intermediates\manifests\full\debug\AndroidManifest.xml
Error:(2) error: attribute 'package' in <manifest> tag is not a valid Java package name: 'com.example.moiz_.myapplication2'.
Error:(2) attribute 'package' in <manifest> tag is not a valid Java package name: 'com.example.moiz_.myapplication2'.
Error:java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: com.android.tools.aapt2.Aapt2Exception: AAPT2 error: check logs for details
Error:java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: com.android.tools.aapt2.Aapt2Exception: AAPT2 error: check logs for details
Error:com.android.tools.aapt2.Aapt2Exception: AAPT2 error: check logs for details
Error:Execution failed for task ':app:processDebugResources'.
> Failed to execute aapt
I am guessing that android is adding code to the generated debuggable manifest files for some reason but I have no clue why, any advice on this problem would be great thanks, here is an example of the generated manifest file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.moiz_.myapplication2"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="24"
android:targetSdkVersion="26" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:debuggable="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="com.example.moiz_.myapplication2.MainActivity" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<meta-data
android:name="android.support.VERSION"
android:value="26.1.0" />
<meta-data
android:name="android.arch.lifecycle.VERSION"
android:value="27.0.0-SNAPSHOT" />
</application>
</manifest>
and here is an example of the actual manifest file which does not have any errors
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.moiz_.myapplication2">
<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>
</application>
</manifest>
Here is the build.gradle(Module:app) file for reference
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
android {
compileSdkVersion 26
defaultConfig {
applicationId "com.example.moiz_.myapplication2"
minSdkVersion 24
targetSdkVersion 26
versionCode 1
versionName "1.0"
testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
}
buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled false
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
}
}
}
dependencies {
implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26.1.0'
implementation 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.0.2'
testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test:runner:1.0.1'
androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.0.1'
}
And the build.gradle project file
// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
buildscript {
repositories {
google()
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.0'
// NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
// in the individual module build.gradle files
}
}
allprojects {
repositories {
google()
jcenter()
}
}
task clean(type: Delete) {
delete rootProject.buildDir
}