Manifest merger failed : uses-sdk:minSdkVersion 14 cannot be smaller than version 19 declared in library [:wikitudesdk:]

Question

Someone please help me. I am trying to rebuild it. I have added a new plugin and assets. But when I am trying to rebuild the project, it shows this error. I've already changed the min SDK in /platforms/android/AndroidManifest.xml to 19 but it was changed to default which is SDK 14.

BUILD FAILED

Total time: 5.986 secs

Error: cmd: Command failed with exit code 1 Error output: C:\Users\kristelle\Desktop\AULocation\platforms\android\AndroidManifest.xml:19:5-74 Error: uses-sdk:minSdkVersion 14 cannot be smaller than version 19 declared in library [:wikitudesdk:] C:\Users\kristelle\Desktop\AULocation\platforms\android\build\intermediates\exploded-aar\wikitudesdk\AndroidManifest.xml Suggestion: use tools:overrideLibrary="com.wikitude.architectandlib" to force usage

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

• What went wrong: Execution failed for task ':processDebugManifest'.

  Manifest merger failed : uses-sdk:minSdkVersion 14 cannot be smaller than version 19 declared in library [:wikitudesdk:] C:\Users\kristelle\Desktop\AULocation\platforms\android\build\intermediates\exploded-aar\wikitudesdk\AndroidManifest.xml Suggestion: use tools:overrideLibrary="com.wikitude.architectandlib" to force usage

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Answer 1

I've had the same sort of problem. I think your build.gradle file for the wikitudesdk library is set to use 14

defaultConfig {
     minSdkVersion 14
     targetSdkVersion ...
}

try changing it to:

defaultConfig {
    minSdkVersion 19
    targetSdkVersion ...
}

I ended up checking each build.gradle file in my project. I also made sure to remove the <uses-sdk.../> in each project AndroidManifest.xml file.

<uses-sdk
    android:minSdkVersion="19"
    android:targetSdkVersion="..." />

I think the two settings in <uses-sdk.../> minSdkVersion and targetSdkVersion are suppose to be inserted into the manifest from the build.gradle settings.

Hope that helps.