AAPT2 error: check logs for details: unknown element found

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Here's my debug\AndroidManifest.xml

Getting so many errors like

Element action is not allowed here.
Element category is not allowed here.
Attribute android:versionCode is not allowed here.
Attribute android:versionName is not allowed here.
Attribute android:theme is not allowed here. and so many.

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        package="com.company.sqh.adio"
        android:versionCode="1"
        android:versionName="1.0" >

        <uses-sdk
            android:minSdkVersion="16"
            android:targetSdkVersion="26" />

        <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
        <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />

        <application
            android:allowBackup="true"
            android:debuggable="true"
            android:icon="@drawable/logo_remaking2"
            android:label="@string/label"
            android:supportsRtl="true"
            android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
            <activity
                android:name="com.company.sqh.adio.MainActivity"
                android:icon="@drawable/logo_remaking2" >
                <intent-filter>
                    <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                    <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
                </intent-filter>
            </activity>
            <activity android:name="com.company.sqh.adio.registraion_form" >
                <intent-filter>
                    <action android:name="com.company.sqh.adio.registraion_form" />

                    <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
                </intent-filter>
            </activity>
            <activity android:name="com.company.sqh.adio.contact_us" >
                <intent-filter>
                    <action android:name="com.company.sqh.adio.contact_us" />

                    <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
                </intent-filter>
            </activity>
            <activity android:name="com.company.sqh.adio.about_us" >
                <intent-filter>
                    <action android:name="com.company.sqh.adio.about_us" />

                    <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
                </intent-filter>
            </activity>
            <activity android:name="com.company.sqh.adio.ProfileActivity" />

            <action android:name="com.company.sqh.adio.ProfileActivity" />

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />

            <activity android:name="com.company.sqh.adio.EmplyReg" />
            <activity android:name="com.company.sqh.adio.SubCategory" />
            <activity android:name="com.company.sqh.adio.User_Profile" />
            <activity android:name="com.company.sqh.adio.Emp_list" />
            <activity android:name="com.company.sqh.adio.Forgot_Pass" />

            <meta-data
                android:name="android.support.VERSION"
                android:value="26.1.0" /> <!-- Include the AdActivity and InAppPurchaseActivity configChanges and themes. -->
            <activity
                android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.AdActivity"
                android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|smallestScreenSize"
                android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Translucent" />
            <activity
                android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.purchase.InAppPurchaseActivity"
                android:theme="@style/Theme.IAPTheme" />
            <activity
                android:name="com.google.android.gms.common.api.GoogleApiActivity"
                android:exported="false"
                android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Translucent.NoTitleBar" />

            <meta-data
                android:name="com.google.android.gms.version"
                android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version" />
            <meta-data
                android:name="android.arch.lifecycle.VERSION"
                android:value="27.0.0-SNAPSHOT" />
        </application>

    </manifest>

Please check this

@Jens i Thought it would be more easier to understand the problem using screen-shot because there is so many error massage. — Sumit Pal, Oct 30 '17 at 12:24
@MuhammadHannan Sure, But which one? Debug\AndroidManifest.xml or main\AndroidManifest.xml ? — Sumit Pal, Oct 30 '17 at 12:27
@MuhammadHannan I have updated it in my question please check it. — Sumit Pal, Oct 30 '17 at 12:46
Possible duplicate of [Android Studio 3.0 Manifest Error: unknown element found](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46948498/android-studio-3-0-manifest-error-unknown-element-action-found) — Oğuzhan Döngül, Oct 30 '17 at 14:18

Gabriele Mariotti · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-30T14:17:39.453

AndroidManifest.xml:15: error: unknown element found.

You have a misplaced tag.

To improve incremental resource processing, Android plugin 3.0.0 enables AAPT2 by default. In previous versions of AAPT, elements nested in incorrect nodes in the Android manifest are either ignored or result in a warning.
To resolve the issue, make sure your manifest elements are nested correctly. For more information, read Manifest file structure.

You have to modify your Manifest:

 <action android:name="com.company.sqh.adio.ProfileActivity" />         
 <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />

They should be included inside an <activity> tag.

You can read more here.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 29 '18 at 17:05

In my case i've gotten this error (AAPT2) building the apk with Cordova build command, turns out it was a problem caused by the path to ./gradle user dependencies. The problem was the path itself where my username had special characters. Gradle was reading "?" instead of "Á", creating a new user solved the problem.

OS: Windows 10

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