Gradle merge wrapper/sub-module's Android manifest into a main module's manifest

Question

I have the following modules inside my project for which I cannot get Gradle to merge the Android manifests properly:

myproject_alpha
myproject_beta
myprojec         


        

Answer 1

If you examine the class that merges the manifests, you'll see that the mergeNewOrEqual() method is not smart enough to merge elements that are not identical. Unfortunately, this is the method that is used to merge providers and activities.

So the only "solution" would be to either to only define the elements in one place, or to give them identical signatures in both definitions.