I am trying to upgrade my google play services dependencies to 8.4.0 by following the example Google gives here, but I am getting the following error (\'com.example.examplea
i had the same problem and just easy solve it make sure the package name for package in mainfest tag inside manifest.xml file and the applicationId in application tag inside gradle app level file has the same package name
in manifest.xml
package="com.example.work"
in gradle app level
applicationId "com.example.work"
hope it help