Having Error in Android Manifest while building

Question

Execution failed for task ':app:processDebugResources'.

A failure occurred while executing com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.Workers$ActionFacade Android resource linking failed C:\Users\kcs\AndroidStudioProjects\OURVEDIC\app\build\intermediates\packaged_manifests\debug\AndroidManifest.xml:11: AAPT: error: resource xml/backup_descriptor (aka com.binni.ourvedic:xml/backup_descriptor) not found.

This is the error I am having

my code :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.binni.ourvedic">

    <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/Theme.OURVEDIC"
        android:fullBackupContent="@xml/backup_descriptor">
        <activity android:name=".SplashScreen">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
        <activity android:name=".MainActivity">

        </activity>

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

</manifest>

Answer 1

Remove the line android:fullBackupContent="@xml/backup_descriptor" in your application tag in manifest file, or add the needed xml file to your project.

<application
    android:fullBackupContent="@xml/backup_descriptor">
    ...
</application>