Gradle process manifest with new Manifest Merger

Question

I\'ve been using this code to remove a permission i dont want from Manifest file, however with the new Merger this is not possible anymore and i don´t have the knowledge wit

Answer 1

To answer my own question i ended up solving the problem by setting the TargeSdkVersion in gradle file to a higher version than 15, that's why Android was adding the Read Call Log permission. This way there's no need to process the manifest and remove it by hand.

Answer 2

applicationVariants.all { variant ->
    variant.outputs.each { output ->
           output.processManifest.doLast{
            def manifestOutFile = output.processManifest.manifestOutputFile
            def newFileContents = manifestOutFile.getText('UTF-8').replace("<android:uses-permission android:name=\"android.permission.READ_CALL_LOG\" />", "")
            manifestOutFile.write(newFileContents, 'UTF-8')
        }
   }
}

This could help you easily.