After updating Gradle to 7.0.2, Element type “manifest” must be followed by either attribute specifications, “>” or “/>” error

Question

So today I updated Android Studio to:

Android Studio Arctic Fox | 2020.3.1
Build #AI-203.7717.56.2031.7583922, built on July 26, 2021

An I got a 'Android Gradle Plugin can be upgraded' notification.

Until now, I was using:

Android Gradle Plugin: 4.2.2
Gradle: 6.9
Java: 8

However, after upgrading I got the error of the question.

My Manifest File looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.hsd.contest.spain.clover.huawei">
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />

    <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"
        android:usesCleartextTraffic="true">
        <receiver
            android:name=".AlarmReceiver"
            android:enabled="true"
            android:exported="false" />

        <activity
            android:name=".ConsumeActivity"
            android:excludeFromRecents="true"
            android:launchMode="singleTask"
            android:taskAffinity="" />
        <activity android:name=".MapActivity" />
        <activity
            android:name=".SetTimeActivity"
            android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden"
            android:screenOrientation="portrait" />
        <activity
            android:name=".ActivityAddFreq"
            android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden"
            android:screenOrientation="portrait" />
        <activity
            android:name=".ConfigActivity"
            android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden"
            android:screenOrientation="portrait" />
        <activity
            android:name=".SplashActivity"
            android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden"
            android:launchMode="singleInstance"
            android:screenOrientation="portrait"
            android:theme="@style/SplashTheme">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
        <activity
            android:name=".MainActivity"
            android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden"
            android:screenOrientation="portrait" />

        <meta-data
            android:name="preloaded_fonts"
            android:resource="@array/preloaded_fonts" />
    </application>
</manifest>

Do you have any ideas about why this is happening? Interesting fact: This error only happens in this project.

EDIT My Huawei APIs dependencies are the ones that follow: Module build.gradle

implementation 'com.huawei.agconnect:agconnect-core:1.5.0.300'
implementation 'com.huawei.hms:awareness:1.0.7.303'
implementation 'com.huawei.hms:ml-computer-vision-ocr:2.0.5.300'
implementation 'com.huawei.hms:ml-computer-vision-ocr-latin-model:2.0.5.300'
implementation 'com.huawei.hms:ml-computer-vision-ocr-cn-model:2.0.5.300'
implementation 'com.huawei.hms:location:5.0.4.300'
implementation 'com.huawei.hms:maps:4.0.0.301'
implementation 'com.huawei.hms:site:5.0.5.301'
implementation 'com.huawei.hms:hianalytics:5.0.3.300'
implementation 'com.huawei.hms:ads-lite:13.4.41.304'

Project build.gradle

classpath 'com.huawei.agconnect:agcp:1.4.2.300'

Answer 1

The real solution I found by using trial and error version to use is

implementation 'com.huawei.agconnect:agcp:1.5.2.300'

Answer 2

Encountered the same problem. Update Huawei services. Please take care. Remember to keep your dependencies on the most up-to-date version. This problem is happening on Merged-Manifest.

implementation 'com.huawei.agconnect:agconnect-core:1.4.0.300'

please use. -> 1.5.0.300

Answer 3

same problem, updated to latest available version and it worked

classpath 'com.huawei.agconnect:agcp:1.6.0.300'