Android Studio 3.0 Manifest Error: unknown element found

Question

NOTICE: Please do not post this \"android.enableAapt2=false\" as an answer. It is not a solution. It is jus

Answer 1

In order to summarize and simplify: you should just concentrate on your main AndroidManifest.xml file and check whether it strictly follows the sequence as well as nesting of XML tags as described in https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/manifest-intro.html. Otherwise the IDE will open up the debug-level AndroidManifest.xml showing a lot of error every time you try to clean/build the project and make you confused!