Manifest merger failed, error on compiling

Question

Since downloading the latest SDK and installing Android Studio, my project fails to build. I get the following message:

Manifest merger failed with

Answer 1

I faced the same situation while implementing the maps api in my application. I solved it by adding the following code in AndroidManifest.xml and Gradle.properties file.

In AndroidMainfest.xml added this code

    android:appComponentFactory="androidx.core.app.CoreComponentFactory"
    tools:replace="android:appComponentFactory"

In gradle.properties added this code

   android.useAndroidX=true
   android.enableJetifier=true