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In Android Studio how do you add a different Manifest file for each product flavor?

I have two product flavors. Here is the app gradle:

flavorDimensions "default"
productFlavors{
    publicVersion{
        dimension "default"
    }
    privateVersion{
        dimension "default"
    }
}

I want a different Manifest file for each flavor. So I created a Manifest file with the path src/publicVersion/AndroidManifest.xml and a different one with the path src/privateVersion/AndroidManifest.xml, then I deleted the main Manifest file.

After I did that nothing worked. Android Studio is still demanding there be a Manifest file in the main directory. I tried all the answers on SO (like using "sourceSet" in the app gradle file) but they didn’t work. Perhaps recent Android Studio updates have changed the way to do it?

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    You can override the complete manifest in the individual flavours or define only the specialties in the flavours (IMHO better). If you add a permission in one flavour only, you only need to have a Manifest there with this single permission and it will be merged with the main permissions. If you want to modify an XML-Tag you can use tools:node="merge" and tools:node="replace".

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    OPTION 1

    Have AndroidManifest.xml for each flavour

    • app/src/flavor1/AndroidManifest.xml
    • app/src/flavor2/AndroidManifest.xml
    • app/src/flavor3/AndroidManifest.xml

    OPTION 2

    Move the permissions into the product-flavor-dependent AndroidManifest.xml and leave the Activities and all other common information in one core AndroidManifest.xml

    app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml contains common information about Activities, … but no permissions

    <manifest  
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

<!-- permissions are imported via brand-specific AndroidManifest.xml -->

<!-- common manifest elements -->
<application
    android:name=".ui.FSApplication"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name">

    <!-- activities -->
    <activity
        android:name=".ui.activities.SplashActivity">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>

    <activity
        android:name=".ui.activities.SecondActivity/>

    <!-- receiver ->
    <receiver android:name=".receiver.BlogPostReceiver"/>

</application>
</manifest>

    app/src/flavor1/AndroidManifest.xml contains only permissions for the flavor1 product flavor

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>  
    <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">  
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
</manifest>

    Similarly for flavor2 in app/src/flavor2/AndroidManifest.xml

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>  
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">  
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
</manifest>

    For more info check this

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