Ionic build android support library issue

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I have a issue when building my ionic project for android this error occurs :

Execution failed for task ‘:processDebugManifest’.

Manifest merger failed : uses-sdk:targetSdkVersion 19 cannot be different than version L declared in library C:~the path to my project~\platforms\android\build\intermediates\exploded-aar\com.android.support\support-v4\21.0.0-rc1\AndroidManifest.xml

I did a little searching and found out that the support library in the \platforms\android\build.gradle file :
instead of

compile “com.android.support:support-v4:+”

should be

compile “com.android.support:support-v4:20.+”

but after doing that and starting the build , it automatically changes to the previous form. So building always fails with this error.

Any insights about this issue? Thanks.

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Right after i posted this i tried something and android build went successful.

In C:~path to my project~\platforms\android\project.properties file
i changed

cordova.system.library.1=com.android.support:support-v4:+

to
cordova.system.library.1=com.android.support:support-v4:20.+

But i want to know if this is a permanent solution or have i done something wrong in the past that caused this issue in the first place.

Thanks

3

Well your platforms folder is supposed to be rebuilt based on what is in your config.xml so I would rather try to find a solution in this file as you know that in cordova you may have to rm and re-add your platforms for some plugin issues.

Have you tried to change target SDK in config.xml?

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Thanks for the response, gmarziou.

Yes, i’ve tried changing target SDK for example to 22 and the error says :

Manifest merger failed : uses-sdk:targetSdkVersion 22 cannot be 
different than version L declared in library C:\~the path to my 
project~\platforms\android\build\intermediates\exploded-aar\com.android.support\support-v4\21.0.0-rc1\AndroidManifest.xml

So it’s basically the same error.

5

Support library comes from the Extras package in the SDK manager, so I would try to download/update it and then remove and re-add android platform in project.

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It worked, support library must have been out of date.

Thanks a lot, gmarziou.

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