i have added exported = "true" to activity which has intent-filter but still it shows this error

Question

Task :app:processReleaseMainManifest FAILED /Users/Ganesh/StudioProjects/sample/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml Error: Apps targeting Android 12 and higher are required to specify an explicit value for android:exported when the corresponding component has an intent filter defined. See https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element#exported for details.

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

Execution failed for task ':app:processReleaseMainManifest'.

Manifest merger failed : Apps targeting Android 12 and higher are required to specify an explicit value for android:exported when the corresponding component has an intent filter defined. See https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element#exported for details.

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+Adding merger error on manifest file. Warning Package name 'uninitialized.application.id' used in: AndroidManifest.xml, AndroidManifest.xml. sample.carouselview manifest

Answer 1

I had the same issue changed my targetSdk to 30 from 31 in build.gradle it worked.

Answer 2

I Checked all manifest files in my project. I couldn't find any issues so, used a workaround by changing target sdk to targetSdkVersion 30.