The minSdk version should not be declared in the android manifest file

Question

Gradle Sync Errors are coming up on my build.gradle file for a module I imported called BaseGameUtils saying The minSdk version should not be declared in the android manifest file. I don't call this at all from what I can see, and I don't in the Android Manifest either?

But here is my build.gradle file. Please help!

Answer 1

Inside your manifest there must be inside which minsdkversion might have been written. Just remove <uses-sdk>....</uses-sdk>

Answer 2

I had an issue when trying to use androidx.security on minimum SDK version 19. The lint command threw an exception on the <uses-sdk> tag. I found my answer here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/27175950/1651697 It turns out I didn't need to define the android:minSdkVersion, just override the <uses-sdk> tag.