Could not find manifest-merger.jar (com.android.tools.build:manifest-merger:26.0.1)

Question

I have a unity project I am exporting that project as android studio project while opening the android studio project I am getting this error

Gradle sync failed: Could not find manifest-merger.jar     (com.android.tools.build:manifest-merger:26.0.1).     Searched in the following locations:     https://jcenter.bintray.com/com/android/tools/build/manifest-merger/26.0.1/manifest-merger-26.0.1.jar 

I have a few old exported project that was working fine before but today they are also giving the same error.

Answer 1

I finally fixed the issue. This may be a workaround but it works. So if anyone having this issue, just follow this:

1. Swap the position of jcenter() and google() in project gradle file and in also all the other module you have in your project. Like in mine I have crashlytics, fabric so just remember to make the changes in their build.gradle file as well:

   buildscript {     repositories {         jcenter()         google()     } } 

   to

   buildscript {     repositories {         google()         jcenter()     } } 

2. Before building your project again go to your project folder and delete the .gradle folder from your project and then build your project.

Answer 2

1. Go to Publishing Settings/Build, enable Custom Gradle Template
2. Go to Assets/Plugins/Android/mainTemplate.gradle and change the postion from

  buildscript {     repositories {         jcenter()         google() } 

to

  buildscript {    repositories {       google()       jcenter() } 

3. Remove gradle cache and rebuild. For Mac you can run rm -rf $HOME/.gradle/caches/ in terminal.