AAPT: error: attribute android:requestLegacyExternalStorage not found

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collection error in AndroidManifest.xml

AAPT: error: attribute android:requestLegacyExternalStorage not found.

Although the attribute is there but it writes an error

My AndroidManifest.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

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

<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.wifi" android:required="false" />

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>

<application
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:fullBackupContent="true"
    android:icon="@mipmap/launcher_icon"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true"
    android:roundIcon="@mipmap/launcher_icon"
    android:supportsRtl="true"
    android:theme="@style/Theme.MaterialFiles"
    tools:ignore="GoogleAppIndexingWarning,UnusedAttribute">

    <activity
        android:name="android.apps.filelist.FileListActivity"
        android:label="@string/file_list_title"
        android:theme="@style/Theme.MaterialFiles.TransparentStatusBar"
        android:visibleToInstantApps="true"
        tools:ignore="UnusedAttribute">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
        <intent-filter tools:ignore="AppLinkUrlError">
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
            <data android:mimeType="inode/directory" />
            <data android:mimeType="resource/folder" />
            <data android:mimeType="vnd.android.document/directory" />
        </intent-filter>
        <!-- @see android.apps.file.MimeTypes#isSupportedArchive(String) -->
        <!--
          ~ We don't really support content URI archives.
          ~ TODO: Figure out a good way to allow choosing this activity only in our app, or
          ~ support content URI archives.
        <intent-filter tools:ignore="AppLinkUrlError">
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
            <data android:mimeType="application/gzip" />
            <data android:mimeType="application/java-archive" />
            <data android:mimeType="application/rar" />
            <data android:mimeType="application/zip" />
            <data android:mimeType="application/vnd.android.package-archive" />
            <data android:mimeType="application/vnd.debian.binary-package" />
            <data android:mimeType="application/x-7z-compressed" />
            <data android:mimeType="application/x-bzip2" />
            <data android:mimeType="application/x-compress" />
            <data android:mimeType="application/x-cpio" />
            <data android:mimeType="application/x-deb" />
            <data android:mimeType="application/x-debian-package" />
            <data android:mimeType="application/x-gtar" />
            <data android:mimeType="application/x-gtar-compressed" />
            <data android:mimeType="application/x-java-archive" />
            <data android:mimeType="application/x-lzma" />
            <data android:mimeType="application/x-tar" />
            <data android:mimeType="application/x-xz" />
        </intent-filter>
        -->
        <!-- @see https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/DocumentsUI/+/master/AndroidManifest.xml -->
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.OPEN_DOCUMENT" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.OPENABLE" />
            <data android:mimeType="*/*" />
        </intent-filter>
        <!--
          ~ Unusable until we implement DocumentsProvider.
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.CREATE_DOCUMENT" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.OPENABLE" />
            <data android:mimeType="*/*" />
        </intent-filter>
        -->
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.GET_CONTENT" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.OPENABLE" />
            <data android:mimeType="*/*" />
        </intent-filter>
        <!--
          ~ Unusable until we implement DocumentsProvider.
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.OPEN_DOCUMENT_TREE" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
        </intent-filter>
        -->
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.apps.intent.action.VIEW_DOWNLOADS" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
        </intent-filter>
        <meta-data
            android:name="android.app.shortcuts"
            android:resource="@xml/shortcuts" />
    </activity>

    <activity
        android:name="android.apps.filelist.OpenFileAsDialogActivity"
        android:autoRemoveFromRecents="true"
        android:icon="@drawable/open_as_icon"
        android:label="@string/file_open_as_title"
        android:theme="@style/Theme.MaterialFiles.Translucent" />

    <activity
        android:name="android.apps.ftpserver.FtpServerActivity"
        android:label="@string/ftp_server_title"
        android:launchMode="singleTop"
        android:theme="@style/Theme.MaterialFiles">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.apps.intent.action.MANAGE_FTP_SERVER" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
        </intent-filter>
        <meta-data
            android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY"
            android:value="android.apps.filelist.FileListActivity" />
    </activity>

    <activity
        android:name="apps.settings.SettingsActivity"
        android:label="@string/settings_title"
        android:launchMode="singleTop"
        android:theme="@style/Theme.MaterialFiles">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.APPLICATION_PREFERENCES" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
        </intent-filter>
        <meta-data
            android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY"
            android:value="android.apps.filelist.FileListActivity" />
    </activity>

    <activity
        android:name="android.apps.settings.StandardDirectoriesActivity"
        android:label="@string/settings_standard_directories_title"
        android:launchMode="singleTop"
        android:theme="@style/Theme.MaterialFiles">
        <meta-data
            android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY"
            android:value="android.apps.settings.SettingsActivity" />
    </activity>

    <activity
        android:name="android.apps.settings.BookmarkDirectoriesActivity"
        android:label="@string/settings_bookmark_directories_title"
        android:launchMode="singleTop"
        android:theme="@style/Theme.MaterialFiles">
        <meta-data
            android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY"
            android:value="android.apps.settings.SettingsActivity" />
    </activity>

    <activity
        android:name="android.apps.about.AboutActivity"
        android:label="@string/about_title"
        android:launchMode="singleTop"
        android:theme="@style/Theme.MaterialFiles">
        <meta-data
            android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY"
            android:value="com.filemanagere.android.apps.filelist.FileListActivity" />
    </activity>

    <activity
        android:name="android.apps.filejob.FileJobActionDialogActivity"
        android:autoRemoveFromRecents="true"
        android:theme="@style/Theme.MaterialFiles.Translucent" />

    <activity
        android:name="android.apps.filejob.FileJobConflictDialogActivity"
        android:autoRemoveFromRecents="true"
        android:theme="@style/Theme.MaterialFiles.Translucent" />

    <activity
        android:name="android.apps.viewer.text.TextEditorActivity"
        android:label="@string/text_editor_title"
        android:theme="@style/Theme.MaterialFiles">
        <intent-filter tools:ignore="AppLinkUrlError">
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
            <data android:mimeType="application/ecmascript" />
            <data android:mimeType="application/javascript" />
            <data android:mimeType="application/json" />
            <data android:mimeType="application/typescript" />
            <data android:mimeType="application/x-sh" />
            <data android:mimeType="application/x-shellscript" />
            <data android:mimeType="application/xml" />
            <data android:mimeType="text/*" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>

    <activity
        android:name="android.apps.viewer.image.ImageViewerActivity"
        android:label="@string/image_viewer_title"
        android:theme="@style/Theme.MaterialFiles.Immersive">
        <intent-filter tools:ignore="AppLinkUrlError">
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
            <data android:mimeType="image/*" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>

    <service android:name="android.apps.filejob.FileJobService" />

    <service android:name="android.apps.ftpserver.FtpServerService" />

    <provider
        android:name="android.apps.AppProvider"
        android:authorities="@string/app_provider_authority"
        android:exported="false" />

    <provider
        android:name="android.apps.file.FileProvider"
        android:authorities="@string/file_provider_authority"
        android:exported="false"
        android:grantUriPermissions="true" />

    <receiver android:name="android.apps.filejob.FileJobReceiver" />

    <receiver android:name="android.apps.ftpserver.FtpServerReceiver" />

    <meta-data
        android:name="firebase_crashlytics_collection_enabled"
        android:value="false" />

    <!-- We need to reference a MD2 theme in XML for R8 to keep relevant resources. -->
    <activity
        android:name=".KeepMd2Resources"
        android:theme="@style/Theme.MaterialFiles.Md2" />
</application>

Знаете кого-нибудь, кто может ответить? ошибка сбора в AndroidManifest.xml

AAPT: ошибка: атрибут android: requestLegacyExternalStorage не найден.

For ionic developers please refer to this answer to fix this issue: https://stackoverflow.com/a/65595715/10533962

Boken · Accepted Answer · 2021-08-17 23:41:51Z

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(Material Files author here)

You need to compile against SDK 29 and maybe use the most recent build tools for aapt to know this attribute, because it's introduced in Android 10.

edited Aug 17, 2021 at 23:41

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Augusto Samamé Barrientos Over a year ago

Could you elaborate? I am using this and it still fails: buildToolsVersion = "29.0.0" minSdkVersion = 21 compileSdkVersion = 28 targetSdkVersion = 28 supportLibVersion = "28.0.0" googlePlayServicesAuthVersion = "16.0.1"

Hai Zhang Over a year ago

You also need to compile against 29.

Augusto Samamé Barrientos Over a year ago

Thanks! Worked with these values: buildToolsVersion = "29.0.0" minSdkVersion = 21 compileSdkVersion = 29 targetSdkVersion = 29 supportLibVersion = "28.0.0" googlePlayServicesAuthVersion = "16.0.1"

ThinkAndCode Over a year ago

My minSdkVersion 21 compileSdkVersion 31 targetSdkVersion 31 buildToolsVersion '31'. Still I am facing same error. Any alternatives to try?

Aqeel · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-13 19:00:01Z

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Make these changes in android\app\build.gradle :

compileSdkVersion 29

targetSdkVersion 29

It will work.

edited Dec 13, 2020 at 19:00

answered Oct 26, 2020 at 2:27

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ThinkAndCode Over a year ago

My minSdkVersion 21 compileSdkVersion 31 targetSdkVersion 31 buildToolsVersion '31'. Still I am facing same error. Any alternatives to try?

Harshit Rastogi · Accepted Answer · 2021-01-04 14:03:29Z

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Add this to build.gradle

subprojects {
    afterEvaluate {project ->
        if (project.hasProperty("android")) {
            android {
                compileSdkVersion 29
                buildToolsVersion "29.0.2"
            }
        }
    }
}

edited Jan 4, 2021 at 14:03

answered Oct 9, 2020 at 10:53

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Harvey Over a year ago

Not just Ionic, This also applied to React Native

Aqeel Over a year ago

It doesn't make any sense which framework are you using. It makes sense which platform are you using. This is applicable to Android platform. Even if you are using Ionic, Flutter or React Native

Harshit Rastogi Over a year ago

Thanks for the clarification, i made it a general answer for android platform

ThinkAndCode Over a year ago

My minSdkVersion 21 compileSdkVersion 31 targetSdkVersion 31 buildToolsVersion '31'. Still I am facing same error. Any alternatives to try?

Ahmed El-Atab · Accepted Answer · 2021-01-25 10:48:09Z

10

For ionic developers, make sure to update the cordova to the latest version: npm i cordova and then add the android platform: ionic cordova platform add [email protected]

Also make sure to add these into the config.mxl:

<preference name="android-minSdkVersion" value="22" />
<preference name="android-compileSdkVersion" value="29" />
<preference name="android-targetSdkVersion" value="29" />

NOTICE:

SDK v22 means that android versions less than 5.1 will not be able to install the app, knowing that companies usually specify the minimum SDK version as 19 to support al devices.

We cannot requestLegacyExternalStorage on SDKs prior to v22.

In order to overcome this issue, we have to add this permission at run time on devices running android 10+.

Use this plugin to get the current device's SDK version: https://ionicframework.com/docs/native/device

If the SDK version is 10 or above, use this plugin to request the permission: https://ionicframework.com/docs/native/android-permissions

edited Jan 25, 2021 at 10:48

answered Jan 6, 2021 at 12:23

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girorme Over a year ago

Worked for me. I'm using ionic-v1. Thanks!!!

Ahmed El-Atab Over a year ago

@heaxyh You're talking about ionic/capacitor project and not cordova based.

dralexnumber · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-26 09:42:52Z

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Just delete line android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true". You can use under Api 29.

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F-Y Over a year ago

No. You can't get files from external storage without this line in manifest (API >= 29)

Botond Kopacz · Accepted Answer · 2020-11-27 21:47:45Z

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Might sound silly but, but you need to apply the compileSdkVersion and targetSdkVersion for all projects you have (e.g. dependencies you compile):

android {
    compileSdkVersion 29
    defaultConfig {
        minSdkVersion 21
        targetSdkVersion 29
        ...
}

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Cristhian Zárate · Accepted Answer · 2020-11-12 04:04:55Z

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If you are trying to delete android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true", or changing the values of android:minSdkVersion="xx" and android:targetSdkVersion="xx" but AndroidManifest.xml after a build is restored... you should try compile with an argument. In my case (Angular 8),

tns build android --compileSdk <AndroidVersion> --force

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shivlal kumavat · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-18 09:47:17Z

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For building a Nativescript 7 project my solution was:

Install 28, 29 & 30 API in Android SDK Manager in Android Studio
Modify the app.gradle file in <project>/App_Resources/Android like this: app.gradle file
Run command: ns clean
Run command: ns debug android

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hannes ach · Accepted Answer · 2021-11-13 21:52:24Z

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This was the only way to fix it for me

android {
    compileSdkVersion 30

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Brittz · Accepted Answer · 2021-05-31 15:55:47Z

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For me the fix was:

npm i cordova

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