I the error "unexpected element <queries> found in <manifest>", how to fix it? [closed]

Question

this is the screenshot

play-services-ads-lite-19.6.0/AndroidManifest.xml:27:5-38:15: AAPT: error: unexpected element <queries> found in <manifest>.

This is the error.

Answer 1

I also had same issue on Android Studio 4.1.1, suddenly, 2 days ago. I solved the issue by upgrading build gradle version.

• previous setting in build.gradle file of project was:

  classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.3")
  

• current setting:

  classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.4")
  

The issue was gone immediately. :)