Foster :
I am reviving an old github repo of an instagram clone. The problem is, the manifest merger keeps failing.
I have tried updating, adding overrides, downgrading, removing then syncing then re-adding but nothing works.
I end up with the error:
Manifest merger failed with multiple errors, see logs
I think it has something to do with firebase starting because one of the error is as follows
2019-08-21 19:24:34.311 32240-32240/? E/FirebaseInstanceId: Failed to start service while in background: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Not allowed to start service Intent { act=com.google.firebase.INSTANCE_ID_EVENT pkg=com.facebook.orca cmp=com.facebook.orca/com.facebook.push.fcm.FcmInstanceIDListenerService (has extras) }: app is in background uid UidRecord{c44bfd u0a246 TRNB idle change:uncached procs:1 proclist:32240, seq(0,0,0)}
Then again I get hundreds of other errors thrown at me upon running.
https://pastebin.com/TMsesZUX <- The full logcat
EDIT:
The error I get is:
Error: tools:replace specified at line:17 for attribute android:appComponentFactory, but no new value specified Android-Instagram-Clone-master-app main manifest (this file), line 16
Foster :
SOLVED:
All I had to do was add
android:appComponentFactory="android.support.v4.app.CoreComponentFactory"
in the application tag in my AndroidManifest.xml