Android 12 Manifest

Question

Hi,
I'm trying to deploy my app targeting Android 12 but I continue receive this message

Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State Error ADB0010: Mono.AndroidTools.InstallFailedException: Unexpected install output: Failure [INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_MANIFEST_MALFORMED: Failed parse during installPackageLI: /data/app/vmdl1840069645.tmp/base.apk (at Binary XML file line #59): crc64a4414ef7b82e11fd.MainActivity: Targeting S+ (version 31 and above) requires that an explicit value for android:exported be defined when intent filters are present]

Here is my Manifest

<application android:label="testapp" android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher" android:allowBackup="true">  
          
        <provider android:authorities="eu.factory.testapp.fileprovider"  
                  android:exported="false"  
                  android:grantUriPermissions="true"  
                  android:name="androidx.core.content.FileProvider">  
            <meta-data android:name="com.google.android.geo.API_KEY" android:value="APIKEY"/>  
            <meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.version" android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version" />  
        </provider>  
  
        <uses-library android:name="org.apache.http.legacy" android:required="false" />  
          
        <provider android:name="androidx.core.content.FileProvider"  
                  android:authorities="eu.factory.testapp.fileprovider"  
                  android:exported="false"  
                  android:grantUriPermissions="true">  
  
            <meta-data android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS" android:resource="@xml/file_paths" />  
        </provider>  
  
        <provider android:authorities="eu.factory.testapp.fileprovider"   
                  android:exported="false"   
                  android:grantUriPermissions="true"   
                  android:name="androidx.core.content.FileProvider">  
        </provider>  
 </application>  

Answer 1

Hello @DavidSpecter ,​

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Targeting S+ (version 31 and above) requires that an explicit value for android:exported be defined when intent filters are present

If the app targets Android 12 or higher and contains activities, services, or broadcast receivers that use intent filters, we must explicitly declare the android:exported attribute for these components. Here is the related doc, you could refer to it: https://developer.android.com/about/versions/12/behavior-changes-12#exported

Please try to add Exported =true for the MainActivity as below.

   [Activity(Label = "@string/app_name", Exported = true, ...)]  
   public class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity  
   {  
       ...  
   }  

Best Regards,

Jarvan Zhang

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Answer 2

Hi @JarvanZhang

As mentioned above, I have updated the Exported as true in the MainActivity.cs file, and I still have this error:

Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State Error ADB0010: Mono.AndroidTools.InstallFailedException: Unexpected install output: Failure [INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_MANIFEST_MALFORMED: Failed parse during installPackageLI: /data/app/vmdl1840069645.tmp/base.apk (at Binary XML file line #59): crc64a4414ef7b82e11fd.MainActivity: Targeting S+ (version 31 and above) requires that an explicit value for android:exported be defined when intent filters are present]

Please let me know if you need any additional information.

Best Regards,
Sasanka MVS

Answer 3

Does anyone got the solution. Even adding exported true to main activity or menifest throws same error

Answer 4

I'm facing the exact same issue. Adding the Export = true did not work.

Any workaround or potential solution?

thanks in advance

Answer 5

You shouldn't have to add Export to the MainActivity Activity attribute as it is done automatically by Visual Studio. What version of Visual Studio are you using?

What you should be checking is the generated manifest that you will find in obj\Release\120\android folder.

e.g. <activity android:name="crc6401d9911e8382ecc6.MainActivity" android:exported="true" android:label="@ hide /app_name">