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:

Solution 1:

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.

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'
            }
        }
    }
}

Solution 2:

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>

Solution 3:

 <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>

Solution 4:

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