manifestPlaceholders value is not string
In my AndroidManifest.xml file I have the following meta-data tag which should be populated dynamically: <meta-data android:name="com.facebook.sdk.ApplicationId" android:value="${FACEBOOK_APP_ID}"/> My gradle file looks like this: manifestPlaceholders = [ GOOGLE_PROJECT_ID: "A888844613784", FACEBOOK_APP_ID: "888570042741264" ] After "Build & Assemble" the FACEBOOK_APP_ID in the manifest file looks like this: <meta-data android:name="com.facebook.sdk.ApplicationId" android:value="1481023616.000000" /> Unfortunately this is not a String, but a float value. That's not correct or what I want. I