I the error "unexpected element <queries> found in <manifest>", how to fix it?

Question

this is the screenshot

play-services-ads-lite-19.6.0/AndroidManifest.xml:27:5-38:15: AAPT: error: unexpected element <queries> found in <manifest>.

This is the error.

Solution

I also had same issue on Android Studio 4.1.1, suddenly, 2 days ago. I solved the issue by upgrading build gradle version.

• previous setting in build.gradle file of project was:

  classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.3")
  

• current setting:

  classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.4")
  

The issue was gone immediately. :)

Comments

[Doug Stevenson]

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[haithemB]

yeah its done thank you

[Stanly Medjo]

for me, I also had to update my firebase-analytics to 17.5.0

[muratoner]

Your suggestion solved to my issue. This exception thrown when i use @react-native-firebase/admob package. Thanks, you are saved my time :)

[Mr. Tacio]

people really are fast to judge saying that the question needs details but somehow this answer the "not clear question". anyways, this also resolves my issue. thanks

[Kelvin Spencer]

heres a better answer stackoverflow.com/a/64524816