Gradle build error after updating Android Studio to 2.2 Preview 3

Question

After updating AS from 2.2 Preview 2 to 2.2 Preview 3, and updating an AS project to the new format, the follow error is encountered when trying to build & run the app:

Error:A problem was found with the configuration of task ':app:generateDebugInstantRunAppInfo'.

File '\app\build\intermediates\bundles\debug\instant-run\AndroidManifest.xml' specified for property 'mergedManifest' does not exist.

However the above message just points to failure in the prior build processes, where google-services.json isn't properly imported, and the following AndroidManifest entry would produce symbol 'google_play_services_version' not found error after the update:

<meta-data
    android:name="com.google.android.gms.version"
    android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version" />

Additionally all the activity entries and most service entries in AndroidManifest have this error: 'xxxService' is not assignable to 'android.app.Activity/Service'

Clean Project & Build Project doesn't help, any ideas on how to fix this?

Answer 1

Disable Instant Run. Build and launch app. Stop app. Enable Instant Run. Build and launch app.

I noticed the same error after I took the preview 3 update. The above steps corrected the issue for me.