Android Studio – AndroidManifest.xml structured incorrectly

UPDATED OCT 22 2021

• My debug AndroidManifest.xml file is giving me errors at build time.
• Happens only with Android Simulator, IOS runs perfectly.
• android.useAndroidX=true
• android.enableJetifier=true

SUMMARY:
The error is being caused by the tag:
com.yalantis.ucrop.UCropActivity which is out of place. Even if I move it to the right place, it automatically moves back when building.

Error I am getting:

error: unexpected element <activity> found in <manifest>.

Here is my debug/AndroidManifest.xml:

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.tomasward.fredi"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0.0" >

    <uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion="21"
        android:targetSdkVersion="31" />
    
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />

    <activity
        android:name="com.yalantis.ucrop.UCropActivity"
        android:screenOrientation="portrait"
        android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar" />

    <uses-feature
        android:name="android.hardware.location.network"
        android:required="false" />
    <uses-feature
        android:name="android.hardware.location.gps"
        android:required="false" />

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" /> <!-- 适配Android R包可见性 开始 -->
    <queries package="com.tomasward.fredi" >
        <intent>
            <action android:name="android.media.action.IMAGE_CAPTURE" />
        </intent>
        <intent>
            <action android:name="android.media.action.ACTION_VIDEO_CAPTURE" />
        </intent>
        <!-- For browser content -->
        <intent>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />

            <data android:scheme="https" />
        </intent> <!-- End of browser content -->
        <!-- For CustomTabsService -->
        <intent>
            <action android:name="android.support.customtabs.action.CustomTabsService" />
        </intent>
    </queries>

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED" />
    <uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE" />

    <application
        android:appComponentFactory="androidx.core.app.CoreComponentFactory"
        android:debuggable="true"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label="Fredi"
        android:supportsRtl="true" >
        <activity
            android:name="com.tomasward.fredi.MainActivity"
            android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|keyboard|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|locale|layoutDirection|fontScale|screenLayout|density|uiMode"
            android:exported="true"
            android:hardwareAccelerated="true"
            android:launchMode="singleTop"
            android:theme="@style/LaunchTheme"
            android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize" >

           
            <meta-data
                android:name="io.flutter.embedding.android.NormalTheme"
                android:resource="@style/NormalTheme" />
            <meta-data
                android:name="com.google.android.geo.API_KEY"
                android:value="AIzaSyD9pKRFa-bPpig6wnQC5kj7nNMFF72rN3U" />
            <meta-data
                android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.ca-app-pub-2176711646772763~2658546918"
                android:value="ca-app-pub-2176711646772763~2658546918" />
            <!--
                 Displays an Android View that continues showing the launch screen
                 Drawable until Flutter paints its first frame, then this splash
                 screen fades out. A splash screen is useful to avoid any visual
                 gap between the end of Android's launch screen and the painting of
                 Flutter's first frame.
            -->
            <meta-data
                android:name="io.flutter.embedding.android.SplashScreenDrawable"
                android:resource="@drawable/launch_background" />

            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
        <!--
             Don't delete the meta-data below.
             This is used by the Flutter tool to generate GeneratedPluginRegistrant.java
        -->
        <meta-data
            android:name="flutterEmbedding"
            android:value="2" />
        <meta-data
            android:name="com.facebook.sdk.ApplicationId"
            android:value="@string/facebook_app_id" />

        <activity
            android:name="com.facebook.FacebookActivity"
            android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|screenLayout|screenSize|orientation"
            android:label="@string/app_name"
            android:theme="@style/com_facebook_activity_theme" />

        <activity
            android:name="com.facebook.CustomTabActivity"
            android:exported="true" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />

                <data android:scheme="@string/fb_login_protocol_scheme" />
            </intent-filter>
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />

                <data
                    android:host="cct.com.tomasward.fredi"
                    android:scheme="fbconnect" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>

        <!-- Set up the Sign in with Apple activity, such that it's callable from the browser-redirect -->
        <activity
            android:name="com.aboutyou.dart_packages.sign_in_with_apple.SignInWithAppleCallback"
            android:exported="true" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />

                <data android:scheme="signinwithapple" />
                <data android:path="callback" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>

        <service
            android:name="com.google.firebase.components.ComponentDiscoveryService"
            android:directBootAware="true"
            android:exported="false" >
            <meta-data
                android:name="com.google.firebase.components:io.flutter.plugins.firebase.database.FlutterFirebaseAppRegistrar"
                android:value="com.google.firebase.components.ComponentRegistrar" />
            <meta-data
                android:name="com.google.firebase.components:io.flutter.plugins.firebase.auth.FlutterFirebaseAuthRegistrar"
                android:value="com.google.firebase.components.ComponentRegistrar" />
            <meta-data
                android:name="com.google.firebase.components:io.flutter.plugins.firebase.storage.FlutterFirebaseAppRegistrar"
                android:value="com.google.firebase.components.ComponentRegistrar" />
            <meta-data
                android:name="com.google.firebase.components:io.flutter.plugins.firebase.core.FlutterFirebaseCoreRegistrar"
                android:value="com.google.firebase.components.ComponentRegistrar" />
            <meta-data
                android:name="com.google.firebase.components:com.google.firebase.auth.FirebaseAuthRegistrar"
                android:value="com.google.firebase.components.ComponentRegistrar" />
            <meta-data
                android:name="com.google.firebase.components:com.google.firebase.storage.StorageRegistrar"
                android:value="com.google.firebase.components.ComponentRegistrar" />
            <meta-data
                android:name="com.google.firebase.components:com.google.firebase.database.DatabaseRegistrar"
                android:value="com.google.firebase.components.ComponentRegistrar" />
        </service>

        <provider
            android:name="io.flutter.plugins.imagepicker.ImagePickerFileProvider"
            android:authorities="com.tomasward.fredi.flutter.image_provider"
            android:exported="false"
            android:grantUriPermissions="true" >
            <meta-data
                android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS"
                android:resource="@xml/flutter_image_picker_file_paths" />
        </provider>

        <meta-data
            android:name="io.flutter.embedded_views_preview"
            android:value="true" />

        <activity android:name="com.facebook.CustomTabMainActivity" />
        
        <provider
            android:name="com.facebook.internal.FacebookInitProvider"
            android:authorities="com.tomasward.fredi.FacebookInitProvider"
            android:exported="false" />

        <receiver
            android:name="com.facebook.CurrentAccessTokenExpirationBroadcastReceiver"
            android:exported="false" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="com.facebook.sdk.ACTION_CURRENT_ACCESS_TOKEN_CHANGED" />
            </intent-filter>
        </receiver>

        <activity
            android:name="com.google.firebase.auth.internal.GenericIdpActivity"
            android:excludeFromRecents="true"
            android:exported="true"
            android:launchMode="singleTask"
            android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Translucent.NoTitleBar" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />

                <data
                    android:host="firebase.auth"
                    android:path="/"
                    android:scheme="genericidp" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
        <activity
            android:name="com.google.firebase.auth.internal.RecaptchaActivity"
            android:excludeFromRecents="true"
            android:exported="true"
            android:launchMode="singleTask"
            android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Translucent.NoTitleBar" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />

                <data
                    android:host="firebase.auth"
                    android:path="/"
                    android:scheme="recaptcha" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>

        <service
            android:name="com.google.firebase.auth.api.fallback.service.FirebaseAuthFallbackService"
            android:enabled="true"
            android:exported="false" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="com.google.firebase.auth.api.gms.service.START" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
            </intent-filter>
        </service>

        <provider
            android:name="com.google.firebase.provider.FirebaseInitProvider"
            android:authorities="com.tomasward.fredi.firebaseinitprovider"
            android:directBootAware="true"
            android:exported="false"
            android:initOrder="100" />
        <provider
            android:name="com.luck.picture.lib.PictureFileProvider"
            android:authorities="com.tomasward.fredi.luckProvider"
            android:exported="false"
            android:grantUriPermissions="true" >
            <meta-data
                android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS"
                android:resource="@xml/file_paths" />
        </provider>

        <activity
            android:name="com.luck.picture.lib.PictureSelectorActivity"
            android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|screenSize" />
        <activity
            android:name="com.luck.picture.lib.PictureSelectorWeChatStyleActivity"
            android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|screenSize" />
        <activity
            android:name="com.luck.picture.lib.PictureSelectorCameraEmptyActivity"
            android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|screenSize"
            android:theme="@style/Picture.Theme.Translucent" />
        <activity
            android:name="com.luck.picture.lib.PictureCustomCameraActivity"
            android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|screenSize" />
        <activity
            android:name="com.luck.picture.lib.PicturePreviewActivity"
            android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|screenSize" />
        <activity
            android:name="com.luck.picture.lib.PictureSelectorPreviewWeChatStyleActivity"
            android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|screenSize" />
        <activity
            android:name="com.luck.picture.lib.PictureVideoPlayActivity"
            android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|screenSize"
            android:screenOrientation="sensor" />
        <activity
            android:name="com.luck.picture.lib.PictureExternalPreviewActivity"
            android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|screenSize" />
        <activity
            android:name="com.luck.picture.lib.PicturePlayAudioActivity"
            android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|screenSize" />
        <activity
            android:name="com.yalantis.ucrop.UCropActivity"
            android:theme="@style/Base.Theme.NoActionBar" />
        <activity
            android:name="com.yalantis.ucrop.PictureMultiCuttingActivity"
            android:theme="@style/Base.Theme.NoActionBar" />
        <activity
            android:name="com.google.android.gms.auth.api.signin.internal.SignInHubActivity"
            android:excludeFromRecents="true"
            android:exported="false"
            android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Translucent.NoTitleBar" />
       
        <service
            android:name="com.google.android.gms.auth.api.signin.RevocationBoundService"
            android:exported="true"
            android:permission="com.google.android.gms.auth.api.signin.permission.REVOCATION_NOTIFICATION" /> <!-- Include the AdActivity and InAppPurchaseActivity configChanges and themes. -->
        <activity
            android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.AdActivity"
            android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|smallestScreenSize"
            android:exported="false"
            android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Translucent" />

        <provider
            android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.MobileAdsInitProvider"
            android:authorities="com.tomasward.fredi.mobileadsinitprovider"
            android:exported="false"
            android:initOrder="100" />

        <service
            android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.AdService"
            android:enabled="true"
            android:exported="false" />

        <activity
            android:name="com.google.android.gms.common.api.GoogleApiActivity"
            android:exported="false"
            android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Translucent.NoTitleBar" />

        <meta-data
            android:name="com.google.android.gms.version"
            android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version" />

        <provider
            android:name="androidx.work.impl.WorkManagerInitializer"
            android:authorities="com.tomasward.fredi.workmanager-init"
            android:directBootAware="false"
            android:exported="false"
            android:multiprocess="true" />

        <service
            android:name="androidx.work.impl.background.systemalarm.SystemAlarmService"
            android:directBootAware="false"
            android:enabled="@bool/enable_system_alarm_service_default"
            android:exported="false" />
        <service
            android:name="androidx.work.impl.background.systemjob.SystemJobService"
            android:directBootAware="false"
            android:enabled="@bool/enable_system_job_service_default"
            android:exported="true"
            android:permission="android.permission.BIND_JOB_SERVICE" />

        <receiver
            android:name="androidx.work.impl.utils.ForceStopRunnable$BroadcastReceiver"
            android:directBootAware="false"
            android:enabled="true"
            android:exported="false" />
        <receiver
            android:name="androidx.work.impl.background.systemalarm.ConstraintProxy$BatteryChargingProxy"
            android:directBootAware="false"
            android:enabled="false"
            android:exported="false" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.ACTION_POWER_CONNECTED" />
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.ACTION_POWER_DISCONNECTED" />
            </intent-filter>
        </receiver>
        <receiver
            android:name="androidx.work.impl.background.systemalarm.ConstraintProxy$BatteryNotLowProxy"
            android:directBootAware="false"
            android:enabled="false"
            android:exported="false" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.BATTERY_OKAY" />
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.BATTERY_LOW" />
            </intent-filter>
        </receiver>
        <receiver
            android:name="androidx.work.impl.background.systemalarm.ConstraintProxy$StorageNotLowProxy"
            android:directBootAware="false"
            android:enabled="false"
            android:exported="false" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.DEVICE_STORAGE_LOW" />
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.DEVICE_STORAGE_OK" />
            </intent-filter>
        </receiver>
        <receiver
            android:name="androidx.work.impl.background.systemalarm.ConstraintProxy$NetworkStateProxy"
            android:directBootAware="false"
            android:enabled="false"
            android:exported="false" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.net.conn.CONNECTIVITY_CHANGE" />
            </intent-filter>
        </receiver>
        <receiver
            android:name="androidx.work.impl.background.systemalarm.RescheduleReceiver"
            android:directBootAware="false"
            android:enabled="false"
            android:exported="false" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" />
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.TIME_SET" />
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.TIMEZONE_CHANGED" />
            </intent-filter>
        </receiver>
        <receiver
            android:name="androidx.work.impl.background.systemalarm.ConstraintProxyUpdateReceiver"
            android:directBootAware="false"
            android:enabled="@bool/enable_system_alarm_service_default"
            android:exported="false" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="androidx.work.impl.background.systemalarm.UpdateProxies" />
            </intent-filter>
        </receiver>

        <service
            android:name="androidx.room.MultiInstanceInvalidationService"
            android:exported="false" />

        <activity
            android:name="com.twitter.sdk.android.core.identity.OAuthActivity"
            android:configChanges="orientation|screenSize"
            android:excludeFromRecents="true"
            android:exported="false" />
    </application>

</manifest>

As requested, here is the GeneratedPluginRegistrant.java code:

@Keep
public final class GeneratedPluginRegistrant {
  private static final String TAG = "GeneratedPluginRegistrant";
  public static void registerWith(@NonNull FlutterEngine flutterEngine) {
    ShimPluginRegistry shimPluginRegistry = new ShimPluginRegistry(flutterEngine);
    try {
      dev.gilder.tom.apple_sign_in.AppleSignInPlugin.registerWith(shimPluginRegistry.registrarFor("dev.gilder.tom.apple_sign_in.AppleSignInPlugin"));
    } catch(Exception e) {
      Log.e(TAG, "Error registering plugin apple_sign_in, dev.gilder.tom.apple_sign_in.AppleSignInPlugin", e);
    }
    try {
      flutterEngine.getPlugins().add(new io.flutter.plugins.firebase.auth.FlutterFirebaseAuthPlugin());
    } catch(Exception e) {
      Log.e(TAG, "Error registering plugin firebase_auth, io.flutter.plugins.firebase.auth.FlutterFirebaseAuthPlugin", e);
    }
    try {
      flutterEngine.getPlugins().add(new io.flutter.plugins.firebase.core.FlutterFirebaseCorePlugin());
    } catch(Exception e) {
      Log.e(TAG, "Error registering plugin firebase_core, io.flutter.plugins.firebase.core.FlutterFirebaseCorePlugin", e);
    }
    try {
      flutterEngine.getPlugins().add(new io.flutter.plugins.firebase.database.FirebaseDatabasePlugin());
    } catch(Exception e) {
      Log.e(TAG, "Error registering plugin firebase_database, io.flutter.plugins.firebase.database.FirebaseDatabasePlugin", e);
    }
    try {
      flutterEngine.getPlugins().add(new io.flutter.plugins.firebase.storage.FlutterFirebaseStoragePlugin());
    } catch(Exception e) {
      Log.e(TAG, "Error registering plugin firebase_storage, io.flutter.plugins.firebase.storage.FlutterFirebaseStoragePlugin", e);
    }
    try {
      flutterEngine.getPlugins().add(new ru.innim.flutter_login_facebook.FlutterLoginFacebookPlugin());
    } catch(Exception e) {
      Log.e(TAG, "Error registering plugin flutter_login_facebook, ru.innim.flutter_login_facebook.FlutterLoginFacebookPlugin", e);
    }
    try {
      flutterEngine.getPlugins().add(new io.flutter.plugins.flutter_plugin_android_lifecycle.FlutterAndroidLifecyclePlugin());
    } catch(Exception e) {
      Log.e(TAG, "Error registering plugin flutter_plugin_android_lifecycle, io.flutter.plugins.flutter_plugin_android_lifecycle.FlutterAndroidLifecyclePlugin", e);
    }
    try {
      com.roughike.fluttertwitterlogin.fluttertwitterlogin.TwitterLoginPlugin.registerWith(shimPluginRegistry.registrarFor("com.roughike.fluttertwitterlogin.fluttertwitterlogin.TwitterLoginPlugin"));
    } catch(Exception e) {
      Log.e(TAG, "Error registering plugin flutter_twitter_login, com.roughike.fluttertwitterlogin.fluttertwitterlogin.TwitterLoginPlugin", e);
    }
    try {
      flutter.plugins.vibrate.VibratePlugin.registerWith(shimPluginRegistry.registrarFor("flutter.plugins.vibrate.VibratePlugin"));
    } catch(Exception e) {
      Log.e(TAG, "Error registering plugin flutter_vibrate, flutter.plugins.vibrate.VibratePlugin", e);
    }
    try {
      flutterEngine.getPlugins().add(new io.flutter.plugins.googlemobileads.GoogleMobileAdsPlugin());
    } catch(Exception e) {
      Log.e(TAG, "Error registering plugin google_mobile_ads, io.flutter.plugins.googlemobileads.GoogleMobileAdsPlugin", e);
    }
    try {
      flutterEngine.getPlugins().add(new io.flutter.plugins.googlesignin.GoogleSignInPlugin());
    } catch(Exception e) {
      Log.e(TAG, "Error registering plugin google_sign_in, io.flutter.plugins.googlesignin.GoogleSignInPlugin", e);
    }
    try {
      flutterEngine.getPlugins().add(new com.ggichure.github.hexcolor.HexcolorPlugin());
    } catch(Exception e) {
      Log.e(TAG, "Error registering plugin hexcolor, com.ggichure.github.hexcolor.HexcolorPlugin", e);
    }
    try {
      flutterEngine.getPlugins().add(new vn.hunghd.flutter.plugins.imagecropper.ImageCropperPlugin());
    } catch(Exception e) {
      Log.e(TAG, "Error registering plugin image_cropper, vn.hunghd.flutter.plugins.imagecropper.ImageCropperPlugin", e);
    }
    try {
      flutterEngine.getPlugins().add(new io.flutter.plugins.imagepicker.ImagePickerPlugin());
    } catch(Exception e) {
      Log.e(TAG, "Error registering plugin image_picker, io.flutter.plugins.imagepicker.ImagePickerPlugin", e);
    }
    try {
      flutterEngine.getPlugins().add(new com.chavesgu.images_picker.ImagesPickerPlugin());
    } catch(Exception e) {
      Log.e(TAG, "Error registering plugin images_picker, com.chavesgu.images_picker.ImagesPickerPlugin", e);
    }
    try {
      com.github.adee42.keyboardvisibility.KeyboardVisibilityPlugin.registerWith(shimPluginRegistry.registrarFor("com.github.adee42.keyboardvisibility.KeyboardVisibilityPlugin"));
    } catch(Exception e) {
      Log.e(TAG, "Error registering plugin keyboard_visibility, com.github.adee42.keyboardvisibility.KeyboardVisibilityPlugin", e);
    }
    try {
      flutterEngine.getPlugins().add(new io.flutter.plugins.pathprovider.PathProviderPlugin());
    } catch(Exception e) {
      Log.e(TAG, "Error registering plugin path_provider, io.flutter.plugins.pathprovider.PathProviderPlugin", e);
    }
    try {
      flutterEngine.getPlugins().add(new io.flutter.plugins.sharedpreferences.SharedPreferencesPlugin());
    } catch(Exception e) {
      Log.e(TAG, "Error registering plugin shared_preferences, io.flutter.plugins.sharedpreferences.SharedPreferencesPlugin", e);
    }
    try {
      flutterEngine.getPlugins().add(new com.tekartik.sqflite.SqflitePlugin());
    } catch(Exception e) {
      Log.e(TAG, "Error registering plugin sqflite, com.tekartik.sqflite.SqflitePlugin", e);
    }
  }
}