Unable to build project with gradle 4.1: "unknown element * found"

Question

After updating to Gradle 4.1 I'm unable to build my project (all works fine with previous releases).

Basically it doesn't recognize AndroidManifest tags anymore and gives me errors in the generated manifest in /build/intermediates/manifests/full/debug.

Here's the build log:

/home/paolorotolo/dev/exp/***/build/intermediates/manifests/full/debug/AndroidManifest.xml
    Error:(30) unknown element <action> found
    Error:(32) unknown element <category> found
    Error:(33) unknown element <category> found
    Error:/home/paolorotolo/dev/exp/core/***/build/intermediates/manifests/full/debug/AndroidManifest.xml:30 unknown element <action> found
    Error:/home/paolorotolo/dev/exp/core/***/build/intermediates/manifests/full/debug/AndroidManifest.xml:33 unknown element <category> found
    Error:java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: com.android.builder.internal.aapt.AaptException: AAPT2 link failed:
    Error:com.android.builder.internal.aapt.AaptException: AAPT2 link failed:
    Error:Execution failed for task ':***:processDebugResources'.
    > Failed to execute aapt
    Information:BUILD FAILED in 6s

it seems like it isn't updated completely, invalidate and restart the studio and resync the project — Usman Rana, Jul 28 '17 at 12:07
create a new empty project and check if it runs fine or not? if yes then check cofig diff in your project and if not then move to last stable version of gradle — Usman Rana, Jul 28 '17 at 12:22
yep, new projects are fine, I'm using same config of this one. That's why I can't figure out why it doesn't work. — Paolo Rotolo, Jul 28 '17 at 12:23
compare the gradle file settings of both projects and clean the project. — Usman Rana, Jul 28 '17 at 12:48
Solved going back to gradle 4.0.2. Seems an issue of latest release, I hope they will fix it soon :/ — Paolo Rotolo, Jul 28 '17 at 13:12

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 21 '17 at 10:37

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The issue has been fixed in new gradle release (gradle-4.1-rc-2).

To solve add in your gradle-wrapper.properties:

distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.1-rc-2-all.zip

edited Aug 21 '17 at 10:37

Stephen C

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answered Aug 04 '17 at 12:12

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This somehow doesn't help me, I am on Android Studio 3, and once I do this, I get the following error: "Error:(10, 0) Minimum supported Gradle version is 4.1. Current version is 4.1-rc-2. Please fix the project's Gradle settings." – Aman Alam Oct 07 '17 at 09:39
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same exact issue for me. – Gubatron Oct 25 '17 at 23:42
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I'm getting this too, I swear each major android studio release, something breaks and you're just left to wonder why :( – Boardy Oct 30 '17 at 14:57

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 26 '17 at 00:02

For now using gradle 4.1, or even 4.2 on your gradle wrapper will break builds that have dependencies

I solved this issue by taking back my gradle classpath depency back to gradle 2.3.3

dependencies {
    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.3.3'

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 26 '17 at 06:07

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You should check your AndroidManifest.xml,make sure every element like 'action' or 'category' is in right position.

answered Oct 26 '17 at 06:07

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 27 '17 at 09:50

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I have got the similar issue recently, The way I solved is by invalidating the cache. You can do that in android studio-> File-> Invalidate cache/ Restart.

After that it stop showing me those ActivityFeed error.

answered Oct 27 '17 at 09:50

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Unable to build project with gradle 4.1: "unknown element * found"

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