Before going into manifestmerger, we will have questions why to merge?
Let start ...
Why
to merge manifest files?
Assume
we have a multiple libraries and each of them contribute
Activity/Receiver/Services and many more into the application.
Managing all in one manifest files makes like miserable.
To
solve the above approach, we can manage their own
Activity/Receiver/Services and more in their own manifest file and
build time, we can combined all together.
Now,
how to merge manifest file?
ADT
20.0.0 introduced
new property to help in merging the manifest files, which helps in
merging all the manifest files using property “manifestmerger.enabled
“.
What
the
manifestmerger.enabled
do?It
automatically merges the library project manifest files into the
including project's manifest. Just by using the
manifestmerger.enabled
property,
we can enable this feature.
We
need to add this property in the project.properties file of your
project.
What
errors we may face?
If
the configuration is done properly in the manifest file, we may face
“Unknown error merging manifest”
Android Manifest Merger Problem.
Solution
to solve this exception:
Be
clear in using of android:targetSdkVersion
and android:minSdkVersion.
Your
minSdkVersion of library should not be less than your project
minSdkVersion and Your targetSdkVersion of library should not be more
in than your project manifest file.
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