Manifest merger failed after SDK Update 26.0.0

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I updated SDK from android sdk manager. After sdk update tns run android shows error.

Execution failed for task ':processF0F1F2F3F4F5F6F7F8F9F10F11F12DebugManifest'.
> Manifest merger failed : Attribute meta-data#android.support.VERSION@value value=(26.0.0-alpha1) from [com.android.support:design:26.0.0-alpha1] AndroidManifest.xml:27:9-38
        is also present at [com.android.support:customtabs:25.3.1] AndroidManifest.xml:24:9-31 value=(25.3.1).
        Suggestion: add 'tools:replace="android:value"' to <meta-data> element at AndroidManifest.xml:25:5-27:41 to override.

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iOS/Android/Both

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• CLI: (run tns --version to fetch it)
• Cross-platform modules: (check the ‘version’ attribute in the node_modules/tns-core-modules/package.json file in your project)
• Runtime(s): (look for the "tns-android" and "tns-ios" properties in the package.json file of your project)
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│ Component        │ Current version │ Latest version │ Information   │
│ nativescript     │ 3.1.3           │ 3.1.3          │ Up to date    │
│ tns-core-modules │ 3.1.1           │ 3.1.1          │ Up to date    │
│ tns-android      │ 3.1.1           │ 3.1.1          │ Up to date    │
│ tns-ios          │                 │ 3.1.0          │ Not installed

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[DickSmith]

dependencies {
    configurations.all {
        resolutionStrategy.eachDependency { DependencyResolveDetails details ->
            def requested = details.requested
            if (requested.group == 'com.android.support') {
                details.useVersion '26.0.+'
            }
        }
    }
}

Add that to your app/App_Resources/Android/app.gradle or merge it with whatever you have in dependencies {...} already and you should be good.

[Burgov]

@DickSmith 's suggestion resolved the problem for me. Thanks