We have multiple projects, depending on a many Android lib modules. To avoid duplicated xml tags in the apps manifests, we put the relevant receivers, services and activities in their respective modules.
Till today, we used:
- Android Studio: 2.2.1
- gradle: 2.1.3
- buildToolsVersion: 23.0.3
Today we've updated to:
- Android Studio: 2.3
- gradle: 2.3.0
- buildToolsVersion: 25.0.0
Up until this update, everything worked just fine and the manifests were merged, we had conflicts and we fixed them. As of the update we've done, the manifests will not merge, at all!!
--- Update 1 ---
We've used the Merged Manifest view, and saw that it just doesn't include the manifests in the merge, the only thing it does merge from the modules manifest is the permissions, so for example, if I add a new permission to a modules manifest it would ONLY merge it and not the rest of the elements!
I guarantee there are a lot of stuff to merge!
--- Update 2 ---
It seems that everything outside the application tag it merges into the main manifest, and everything within the application tag, it doesn't.
--- Update 3 ---
Module that doesn't merge:
Gradle:
apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
android {
compileSdkVersion 23
buildToolsVersion '25.0.0'
defaultConfig {
minSdkVersion 16
targetSdkVersion 23
versionCode 1
versionName "1.0"
}
buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled false
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
}
debug {
jniDebuggable true
}
}
}
dependencies {
compile project(path: ':android-infra')
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:9.0.0'
compile project(path: ':engine-core-server')
compile project(path: ':engine-core-aneeda')
}
Manifest:
<manifest package="com.sensiya.voip.managers.gcm"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.KAKI"/>
<application
tools:node="replace">
<service
android:enabled="true"
android:name="com.sensiya.voip.managers.gcm.GcmIntentService"/>
<receiver android:name="com.sensiya.voip.managers.gcm.GcmBroadcastReceiver"
android:permission="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.SEND">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.RECEIVE"/>
<category android:name="com.iamplus.onenumber.device"/>
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
</application>
</manifest>
Module that will merge:
Gradle:
apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
android {
compileSdkVersion 23
buildToolsVersion '25.0.0'
defaultConfig {
minSdkVersion 16
targetSdkVersion 23
versionCode 1
versionName "1.0"
}
buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled false
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
}
debug {
jniDebuggable true
}
}
}
dependencies {
compile project(path: ':android-infra')
compile 'com.sensiya:sense-services-client:1.24.2@aar'
compile project(path: ':engine-core-server')
compile project(path: ':engine-core-aneeda')
}
Manifest:
<manifest package="com.iamplus.android.senseServices"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
<application
tools:node="replace">
<service
android:name="com.iamplus.senseServices.ContextualEventService"
android:enabled="true"/>
<service
android:name="com.iamplus.senseServices.Serv"
android:enabled="true"/>
<service
android:name="com.iamplus.senseServices.Serv1"
android:enabled="true"/>
</application>
</manifest>
Any suggestions?