What does it mean <uses-sdk tools: overrideLibrary = "com.google.android.gms" / "> in Android
I am using Android Studio 1.0.2 where I have below build.gradle.
buildscript {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.0.0'
// NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
// in the individual module build.gradle files
}
}
allprojects {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
}
Android Studio gives me an error if I don't write this in AndroidManifest.xml
.
<uses-sdk tools:overrideLibrary="com.google.android.gms" />
Earlier before the latest version of Android Studio. I have to write this
<uses-sdk tools:node="replace" />
What exactly is this for <uses-sdk tools:node="replace" />
and <uses-sdk tools:overrideLibrary="com.google.android.gms" />
.
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according to http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/new-build-system/user-guide/manifest-merger
Tools: overrideLibrary marker
A special token that can only be used with the uses-sdk declaration to override the import of a library whose minimum SDK version is later than the SDK version for this application. Without such a marker, a manifest merge will fail. The marker will allow users to choose which libraries to import, ignoring the minimum SDK version.
and according to http://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/297xli/howto_use_the_v21_support_libs_on_older_ve
Version 0.11 of the Android Gradle plugin has added a new manifest merge by default and it allows us to do some great things (more on that here). In the manifests above, I've included the use-sdk node, which just specifies the attributes: node. This particular config tells the manifest processor to replace any attributes from the uses-sdk nodes in the lower priority manifest (like library manifests) with the attributes in the use-sdk node using the tools: node = "replace", Because Gradle also inserts minSdkVersion and targetSdkVersion from your build.gradle to this use-sdk node, all we really need to add. Now you can run the application on any device supported by your mini-server using the handy new views and utilities in lib!
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