Today I created a new empty activity Android Kotlin project which created the AndroidManifest.xml as expected, but gave me errors around some of the application attributes not allowed here , e.g android:allowBackup
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="xyz.blueowl.mobile.androiddesignexplorer">
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="@style/Theme.AndroidDesignExplorer">
<activity android:name=".MainActivity">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
I was confused for a bit around why the automatically generated manifest file is giving me such error, but panic not – this is just a delay around the Project syncing. So simple solution :
Close AndroidManifest.xml
File -> Sync Project with Gradle Files
Open Manifest file again, and the errors should be gone.