Huawei devices: The meta-data tag in your app's AndroidManifest.xml does not have the right value

Question

I'm working in a massive use app that has been working for about 4 years, in the last release was implemented some new libraries, after that implementation we have facing some issues when trying to check if Google Play Services are available, this only happens on Huawei devices with Android 8+. The logcat show us this stack trace

Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: The meta-data tag in your app's AndroidManifest.xml does not have the right value. Expected 12451000 but found 4323000. You must have the following declaration within the element:

We have the correct values on manifest:

<meta-data
    android:name="com.google.android.gms.version"
    android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version" />
<meta-data
    android:name="com.google.android.maps.v2.API_KEY"
    android:value="XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" />

If we follow the value of google_play_services_version, we can found the expected value from play-services-basement-16.1.0.aar

<integer name="google_play_services_version">12451000</integer>

This are the libs implemented on gradle

implementation "com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:$constraint"
implementation "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:$support"
implementation "com.android.support:design:$support"
implementation "com.android.support:cardview-v7:$support"
implementation "com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:$support"
implementation "com.android.support:design:$support"
implementation "com.android.support:support-v4:$support"
implementation "com.android.support:mediarouter-v7:$support" //New Lib
implementation "com.android.support:animated-vector-drawable:$support" //New Lib
implementation "com.android.support:design:$support"
implementation "com.android.support:support-vector-drawable:$support"

//Play services
implementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:$playServices"
implementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics:$playServices"
implementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:$playServices"
implementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-safetynet:$playServices"
implementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-wearable:$playServices"

With this versions

ext {
    //build
    sdkCompileVersion = 27
    sdkMinVersion = 16
    sdkTargetVersion = 27
    sdkBuildToolsVersion = '27.0.3'

    //dependencies
    support = '27.1.0'
    playServices = '16.0.0'
    newRelic = '5.18.0'
    constraint = '1.1.2'
}

Does anyone have an idea how to solve this issue?

Are you sure that these Huawei devices are ones with the Play Store and the Play Services Framework on them? IOW, are you able to reproduce this in the lab? — CommonsWare, May 31 '19 at 15:36
Of course, all tested devices are updated with Google Play Services — Leonardo Sapuy, May 31 '19 at 16:35
@marc_s If you're going to edit the thanks, [please remove it entirely](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/288160/6296561) instead of making [edits that require additional edits](https://stackoverflow.com/posts/56398772/revisions). — Zoe, Jun 12 '19 at 19:46

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 04 '19 at 23:28

Did you hardcode value of gms version anywhere in your application? Something like this applicationInfo.metaData.putInt("com.google.android.gms.version", 4323000);

It is also possible that one of the new libraries that you added also declares an older/different com.google.android.gms.version.

If it is happening on Huawei only, then it’s possible that Huawei is attempting to override with some value.

To confirm whether it’s your own libraries or Huawei, you will have to hardcode it into the manifest, then analyze your built apk and inspect the final value that’s merged in there. If that value is as expected, then it’s probably Huawei’s doing.

You can also try this link: https://stackoverflow.com/a/52249677/6668797

If a library is using an old/different version, then this will override it with yours.

If it is still not resolve the issue, can you please provide the following details: Please share the complete stack trace. Is it happening on any Nexus/Pixel devices? Which of those libraries are newly added?

Huawei devices: The meta-data tag in your app's AndroidManifest.xml does not have the right value

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