AAPT: error: unexpected element <uses-permission> found in <manifest><application>

Question

I am trying to create an android app for watchduino2.. When i follow the provided steps i encounter the error

AAPT: error: unexpected element <uses-permission> found in <manifest><application>

Can somebody explain this problem? And also help me to resolve it as well.

Answer 1

<uses-permission> needs to be a child of the root <manifest> element. You have it as a child of the <application> element. So, move the <uses-permission> element.

So, you have something like:

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
          package="net.whatever">
    <application android:icon="@drawable/icon"
                 android:debuggable="true"
                 android:label="@string/app_name">
        <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
      <!-- other stuff here -->
    </application>
</manifest>

It needs to be more like:

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
          package="net.whatever">
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
    <application android:icon="@drawable/icon"
                 android:debuggable="true"
                 android:label="@string/app_name">
      <!-- other stuff here -->
    </application>
</manifest>

Answer 2

it might be about misplaced tag, make sure your manifest elements are nested correctly

Previous versions of AAPT would simply ignore the misplaced tag. However, with AAPT2, you will get error

read below official document for proper Manifest structure :

Manifest File Structure