Android-studio 3.4.0-3.4.2 Gradle ERROR: No value has been specified for property 'manifestOutputDirectory'

Question

when upgrading to android-studio 3.4.x/gradle build plugin 3.4.x /gradle 5.3 ... wondering if its an issue with the android plugin.

ERROR: No value has been spe         


        

Answer 1

I just upgraded to AS 3.4 and had the same issue. This occurs when cold starting the application. Build > Make Project works fine, as does building from the command-line.