Android Studio: Android Manifest doesn't exists or has incorrect root tag

Question

On Android Studio v0.8.2 clicking on Sync project with Gradle files button solved my problem.

update

Thanks to the comment of jaumard. If the Sync project with Gradle files it's not visible you have to open the Gradle panel and click sync icon on top the toolbar.

Just call (in any case) File -> Invalidate Caches and Restart....

In my case:

settings.gradle file was empty. I added defualt code:

include ':app'

Then I clicked

Then project start works.

Double check that under project structure / module / Manifest file it points to the correct manifest file in your code and not the one in generated sources.

This is true for both Android Studio and Intelli J. Sometime when you import project from existing sources it prefer the manifest file inside the generates sources directory.

What helped for me was:

• delete .gradle/ folder
• delete .idea/ folder
• delete ****.idea*** file
• reopen Android Studio
• import from gradle as Android Studio then suggests

I ran into a similar problem. Looks like my .../src directory for whatever reason moved under my .../lib directory. I moved it out of the /lib directory. Now both /lib and /src are at the same level. After a couple of clean rebuilds and restarts of Android studio everything is back to normal. My emulator started up fine.

You might want to check your directory structure. Compare the directory structure with a working project. You might be able to see the difference.