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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"'Could not find the AndroidManifest.xml file' error using AA 4.4.0-SNAPSHOT and Android Gradle plugin 3.0.0-alpha7 with productFlavors","articleBody":"Using the latest 4.4.0-SNAPSHOT version of AA with the latest Android Gradle alpha, locating the AndroidManifest.xml file fails when using product flavors.\r\n\r\nI believe this issue may also be related to https://github.com/androidannotations/androidannotations/issues/2024\r\n\r\nTaken from the example here: https://github.com/WonderCsabo/androidannotations/blob/2024_example/examples/gradle/build.gradle\r\n\r\nMake the following changes:\r\n#### Modified the Gradle Android plugin to **3.0.0-alpha7** and enable Kotlin/Kapt\r\n```groovy\r\nbuildscript {\r\n    dependencies {\r\n        classpath \"com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.0-alpha7\"\r\n        classpath \"org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:1.1.0\"\r\n    }\r\n}\r\n\r\napply plugin: \"kotlin-android\"\r\napply plugin: \"kotlin-kapt\"\r\n```\r\n\r\n#### Added a **flavorDimension** of `flavor` and **productFlavor** of `some_flavor`\r\n```groovy\r\nandroid {\r\n    flavorDimensions \"flavor\"\r\n    productFlavors {\r\n        some_flavor {\r\n            println \"Defining the product flavor 'some_flavor'\"\r\n        }\r\n    }\r\n}\r\n```\r\n\r\n#### Modify AA dependency to use `kapt` instead of `annotationProcessor`\r\n```groovy\r\ndependencies {\r\n    kapt \"org.androidannotations:androidannotations:$AAVersion\"\r\n}\r\n```\r\n\r\n**Trying to compile the application with these changes throws an error, unable to locate AndroidManifest.xml in the generated folder.**\r\n\r\n```\r\n# ./gradlew assembleSome_flavorDebug\r\n\r\n\u003e Configure project :\r\nDefining the product flavor 'some_flavor'\r\n\r\nw: The '-d' option with a directory destination is ignored because '-module' is specified\r\ne: error: Could not find the AndroidManifest.xml file, using  generation folder [androidannotations/examples/kotlin/build/generated/source/kapt/some_flavorDebug])\r\ne:\r\n\r\ne: androidannotations/examples/kotlin/src/main/kotlin/org/androidannotations/gradle/activity/HelloAndroidActivity.kt: (1, 1): Some error(s) occurred while processing annotations. Please see the error messages above.\r\n\r\nFAILURE: Build failed with an exception.\r\n\r\n* What went wrong:\r\nExecution failed for task ':kaptSome_flavorDebugKotlin'.\r\n\u003e Compilation error. See log for more details\r\n\r\n* Try:\r\nRun with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.\r\n\r\nBUILD FAILED in 1s\r\n13 actionable tasks: 1 executed, 12 up-to-date\r\n```\r\n\r\n[Link to full modified build.gradle](https://gist.github.com/ahornerr/3a82d3958a79621d520c4284392a3f17)\r\n\r\nChecking the generated path that the error spits out, `androidannotations/examples/kotlin/build/generated/source/kapt/some_flavorDebug/` is empty. \r\n\r\nUp a level at `androidannotations/examples/kotlin/build/generated/source/kapt/` there is an `androidannotations.log` file with the following contents:\r\n\r\n```\r\n14:31:52.154 [RMI TCP Connection(51)-127.0.0.1] ERROR o.a.i.h.AndroidManifestFinder:147 - Could not find the AndroidManifest.xml file, using  generation folder [androidannotations/examples/kotlin/build/generated/source/kapt/some_flavorDebug])\r\n```\r\n\r\nUpon further research, I can see that the manifest is being generated to `androidannotations/examples/kotlin/build/intermediates/manifests/full/some_flavor/debug/AndroidManifest.xml` but it doesn't seem like AA is picking it up.\r\n\r\n#### AndroidAnnotations version:\r\n4.4.0-SHAPSHOT\r\n\r\n#### Android compile SDK version:\r\n25\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/ahornerr","@type":"Person","name":"ahornerr"},"datePublished":"2017-07-24T18:38:14.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":15},"url":"https://github.com/2028/androidannotations/issues/2028"}