Manifest merger failed : uses-sdk:minSdkVersion 19 cannot be smaller than version 22 declared in library

Issue Type

• [x ] Bug Report
• Feature Request
• Support Question

Description

I encountered this bug when compiling the ionic project. I have followed the instructions on the Internet to continuously modify the project.properties under “myproject/platforms/android” and the project.properties under “myproject/platforms/android/Coedovalib”.

But this did not take effect. When I cleared android and added android again, the same error still appeared. And, the value I changed was restored.

Information

Execution failed for task ‘:app:processDebugManifest’.

Manifest merger failed : uses-sdk:minSdkVersion 19 cannot be smaller than version 22 declared in library [:CordovaLib]

Command or Code

<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="19" android:targetSdkVersion="29" />

Environment, Platform, Device

Version information

Ionic:

Ionic CLI : 6.11.8 Ionic Framework : @ionic/angular 5.0.4 @angular-devkit/build-angular : 0.803.24 @angular-devkit/schematics : 8.1.3 @angular/cli : 8.1.3 @ionic/angular-toolkit : 2.3.3

Cordova:

Cordova CLI : 10.0.0 Cordova Platforms : android 9.0.0 Cordova Plugins : cordova-plugin-ionic-keyboard 2.2.0, cordova-plugin-ionic-webview 4.2.1, (and 19 other plugins)

Utility:

cordova-res : 0.15.1 native-run : not installed

System:

Android SDK Tools : 26.1.1 (D:\Program Files\sdk) NodeJS : v12.18.0 (D:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe) npm : 6.14.4 OS : Windows 10

Checklist

• I searched for already existing GitHub issues about this
• I updated all Cordova tooling to their most recent version
• I included all the necessary information above

[breautek]

This is occurring because you (or a plugin) is setting the project min sdk to something lower than the cordova framework’s min sdk, which for 9.x is set to 22.

Do you have the android-minSdkVersion preference set in your config.xml? If so I’d suggest to increase it to 22 or remove it to allow it to default to 22.

Do note that increasing the min sdk to 22 will limit your app to Android 5.1 or later.

[ebhsgit]

For others that with similar needs

I was able to build by adding the following to my project’s config.xml

        <edit-config file="AndroidManifest.xml" mode="merge" target="/manifest">
            <manifest xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" />
        </edit-config>
        <config-file parent="/manifest" target="AndroidManifest.xml">
            <uses-sdk tools:overrideLibrary="org.apache.cordova" />
        </config-file>

As noted by @breautek

    <edit-config file="AndroidManifest.xml" target="/manifest" mode="merge">
        <manifest xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" />
    </edit-config>
    <edit-config file="AndroidManifest.xml" target="/manifest/uses-sdk" mode="merge">
        <uses-sdk tools:overrideLibrary="<packageThatNeedsToBeOverridden>" />
    </edit-config>

Results in error

Unable to graft xml at selector “/manifest/uses-sdk” from “[project path]\platforms\android\app\src\main\AndroidManifest.xml” during config install