Cordova Build minSdkVersion change to 19

[sandeep2244]

Hello,

I have android version 7.1.1 in my project

after adding android i build project using "cordova Build" command

And i got following error

See http://g.co/androidstudio/manifest-merger for more information about the manifest merger.

:app:processDebugManifest FAILED

    uses-sdk:minSdkVersion 16 cannot be smaller than version 19 declared in library [:CordovaLib] C:\Users\trikonuser\TestAgain\WebCall_AS_tsim\webCall\platforms\android\CordovaLib\build\ intermediates\manifests\full\debug\AndroidManifest.xml as the library might be using APIs not available in 16

    Suggestion: use a compatible library with a minSdk of at most 16,

            or increase this project's minSdk version to at least 19,

            or use tools:overrideLibrary="org.apache.cordova" to force usage (may lead to runtime failures)

Now magic is in my files
www/config.xml and xml/config.xml

<preference name="android-minSdkVersion" value="19" />
<preference name="android-targetSdkVersion" value="27"/>

and main/AndroidManifest.xml file I have put
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="19" android:targetSdkVersion="27" />

While My gradle file also contain

project.ext {

defaultBuildToolsVersion="27.0.1" //String
defaultMinSdkVersion=19 //Integer - Minimum requirement is Android 4.4
defaultTargetSdkVersion=27 //Integer - We ALWAYS target the latest by default
defaultCompileSdkVersion=27 //Integer - We ALWAYS compile with the latest by default
}

### BUT NOW I RUN COMMAND :- CORDOVA BUILD it changes all config i mad automatically to previous as follows
www/config.xml and xml/config.xml

<preference name="android-minSdkVersion" value="16" />
<preference name="android-targetSdkVersion" value="27"/>

and main/AndroidManifest.xml file I have put
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="16" android:targetSdkVersion="27" />

How Cordova Build command run rechange agin to 16 if they already want to 19

I used below phonegap version
> <preference name="phonegap-version" value="cli-6.3.0" />

[jcesarmobile]

You have to edit the root config.xml, not the config.xml in xml folder. The content of xml/config.xml is recreated from the root one, that's why your changes are lost.

[chrisunderdown]

The problem for me was in cordova-plugin-browsertab.

You need to change line 1 of my_project/plugins/cordova-plugin-browsertab/src/android/BrowserTab.gradle to

def minSdkVersion = 19

Make sure you have the minimum SDK added to your config.xml

<preference name="android-minSdkVersion" value="19" />

Then remove and add cordova-android by:

cordova platform remove android
cordova platform add android

[starchild92]

The problem for me was in cordova-plugin-browsertab.

You need to change line 1 of my_project/plugins/cordova-plugin-browsertab/src/android/BrowserTab.gradle to

def minSdkVersion = 19

Make sure you have the minimum SDK added to your config.xml

<preference name="android-minSdkVersion" value="19" />

Then remove and add cordova-android by:

cordova platform remove android
cordova platform add android

Thanks it worked for me

[elymberopoulos]

Thanks Chris

[shanutyagi112]

firstly remove android

• cordova platform remove android
• cordova platform add android
• cordova build android

@starchild92 thank You Bro.

` uses-sdk:minSdkVersion 16 cannot be smaller than version 19 declared in library [:CordovaLib] C:\Users\trikonuser\TestAgain\WebCall_AS_tsim\webCall\platforms\android\CordovaLib\build\ intermediates\manifests\full\debug\AndroidManifest.xml as the library might be using APIs not available in 16

Suggestion: use a compatible library with a minSdk of at most 16,

        or increase this project's minSdk version to at least 19,

        or use tools:overrideLibrary="org.apache.cordova" to force usage (may lead to runtime failures)`

Also working in this error.