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Suggestion: add 'tools:replace="android:theme"' to <application> element at AndroidManifest.xml:18:5-65:19 to override.

See original GitHub issue

When using compile ‘net.rdrei.android.dirchooser:library:3.2@aar’, remove the theme in the application manifest. Only use theme for the activity.

:processDebugManifest
/<>/AndroidManifest.xml:21:9-40 Error:
    Attribute application@theme value=(@style/AppTheme) from AndroidManifest.xml:21:9-40
    is also present at [net.rdrei.android.dirchooser:library:3.2] AndroidManifest.xml:9:18-62 value=(@style/DirectoryChooserTheme).
    Suggestion: add 'tools:replace="android:theme"' to <application> element at AndroidManifest.xml:18:5-65:19 to override.

See http://g.co/androidstudio/manifest-merger for more information about the manifest merger.

:processDebugManifest FAILED

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':processDebugManifest'.
> Manifest merger failed : Attribute application@theme value=(@style/AppTheme) from AndroidManifest.xml:21:9-40
    is also present at [net.rdrei.android.dirchooser:library:3.2] AndroidManifest.xml:9:18-62 value=(@style/DirectoryChooserTheme).
    Suggestion: add 'tools:replace="android:theme"' to <application> element at AndroidManifest.xml:18:5-65:19 to override.

* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.

BUILD FAILED

Total time: 0.8 secs