Tools: replace not replacing in Android manifest

Question

I am using a gradle project with many different library dependencies and using the new manifest merger. In my <application /> tag I have it set up as such:

<application tools:replace="android:icon, android:label, android:theme, android:name"     android:name="com.example.myapp.MyApplcation"     android:allowBackup="true"     android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"     android:label="@string/application_name"     android:logo="@drawable/logo_ab"     android:theme="@style/AppTheme"     > .... </application> 

Yet I am receiving the error:

/android/MyApp/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml:29:9        Error: Attribute application@icon value=(@drawable/ic_launcher) from AndroidManifest.xml:29:9 is also present at {Library Name} value=(@drawable/app_icon) Suggestion: add 'tools:replace="android:icon"' to <application> element at AndroidManifest.xml:26:5 to override  /android/MyApp/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml:30:9 Error: Attribute application@label value=(@string/application_name) from AndroidManifest.xml:30:9 is also present at {Library Name} value=(@string/app_name) Suggestion: add 'tools:replace="android:label"' to <application> element at AndroidManifest.xml:26:5 to override  /android/MyApp/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml:27:9 Error: Attribute application@name value=(com.example.myapp.MyApplication) from AndroidManifest.xml:27:9 is also present at {Another Library}  Suggestion: add 'tools:replace="android:name"' to <application> element at AndroidManifest.xml:26:5 to override  /android/MyApp/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml:32:9 Error: Attribute application@theme value=(@style/AppTheme) from AndroidManifest.xml:32:9 is also present at {Library Name} value=(@style/AppTheme) Suggestion: add 'tools:replace="android:theme"' to <application> element at AndroidManifest.xml:26:5 to override 

Answer 1

Declare your manifest header like this

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"     package="com.yourpackage"     xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"> 

Then you can add to your application tag the following attribute:

<application     tools:replace="icon, label" ../> 

For example I need to replace icon and label. Good luck!

Answer 2

I fixed same issue. Solution for me:

1. add the xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" line in the manifest tag
2. add tools:replace=.. in the manifest tag
3. move android:label=... in the manifest tag

Example:

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>     <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"         xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"               tools:replace="allowBackup, label"               android:allowBackup="false"               android:label="@string/all_app_name"/>