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add 'tools:replace=“Android:value”' to <meta-data> element at AndroidManifest

I'm following a tutorial in HeadFirst Android development and encountered issues after adding:
private ActionBarDrawerToggle drawerToggle;

The control was deprecated so I followed instructions on Stack to resolve that issue by adding com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26.0.0-alpha1 to the app modules Dependencies

But now I'm getting the following build errors:

Error:Execution failed for task ':app:processDebugManifest'.

Manifest merger failed : Attribute meta-data#android.support.VERSION@value value=(25.3.1) from [com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:25.3.1] AndroidManifest.xml:24:9-31
is also present at [com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26.0.0-alpha1] AndroidManifest.xml:27:9-38 value=(26.0.0-alpha1).
Suggestion: add 'tools:replace="android:value"' to element at AndroidManifest.xml:22:5-24:34 to override.

Here is the code:

8 Answers
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Problem is that all support libraries with same version and major version has to match compile SDK version.

So try to force a specific support library version.
Put this at the end of your app module in build.gradle.

build.gradle

configurations.all
resolutionStrategy.eachDependency DependencyResolveDetails details ->
def requested = details.requested
if (requested.group == 'com.android.support')
if (!requested.name.startsWith("multidex"))
details.useVersion '25.3.0'






First add this line to your manifest tag if you do not have yet:

xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"


Example:

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.winanainc"
android:versionCode="3"
android:versionName="1.2"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">


Then Add this meta tag inside your application to overwrite you build tools version, in this case for example I choosed the version 25.3.1

<application>
...
..
<meta-data
tools:replace="android:value"
android:name="android.support.VERSION"
android:value="25.3.1" />
</application>


Changed all support library versions to 25.3.1 and worked like a charm:

compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.3.1'
compile 'com.android.support:design:25.3.1'


You also need to change the following parameters to 25:

compileSdkVersion 25
targetSdkVersion 25


Open Android Studio -> Open Manifest File

Add <uses-sdk tools:overrideLibrary="android.support.v17.leanback"/>. Don't forget to include xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" too, before the <application> tag

<uses-sdk tools:overrideLibrary="android.support.v17.leanback"/>

xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"

<application>

replace

compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:+'


by

compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:25.3.1'


and add

compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.3.1'
compile 'com.android.support:design:25.3.1'


the answer by @sagar giri is a temporary work around. what i did to solve this is explained at the end.

If you have latest support library installed in latest android studio and if you have a old support library version in build gradle's app module, then android studio fails due to the version mismatch.

So update your support library version to latest one and fix latest support library changes like icon renaming etc and rebuild it.

hope it helps...

<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:largeHeap="true"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme"

>
<meta-data
tools:replace="android:value"
android:name="android.support.VERSION"
android:value="26.0.0" />
</application>


In my case I am using 26.1.0 support files but found support-v13 is 26.0.1

So I added implementation 'com.android.support:support-v13:26.1.0' to Gradle file and problem solved

implementation 'com.android.support:support-v13:26.1.0'

add 'tools:replace="android:value"' to element at AndroidManifest.xml:22:5-24:34 to override.
add to Line AndroidManifest.xml:22

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