Just in case anyone else has this issue: my app builds correctly in version 2021.3646 but when I build for Android in 2021.3647, I received the following error:
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
** What went wrong:**
Execution failed for task ‘:App:lintVitalRelease’.
** … (many java/gradle errors)**
Caused by: com.android.builder.errors.EvalIssueException: Failed to parse XML in C:\Users\Scott\AppData\Local\Temp\Corona Labs\CLtmpa07200\template\app\src\main\AndroidManifest.xml
ParseError at [row,col]:[72,13]
Message: expected start or end tag
This pointed to my build.settings so I started commenting out items such as plugins. Eventually, I was able to build successfully when I commented out the admob applicationChildElements table.
applicationChildElements =
{
[[
<meta-data
android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.APPLICATION_ID"
android:value="ca-app-pub-XXX~XXX"/> -- replace with your app id. See: https://goo.gl/fQ2neu
]],
},
After several head scratching hours chasing the rabbit down the hole, I finally just removed the comment located inside the table (-- replace with your app id. See: https://goo.gl/fQ2neu) and it worked! I’m guessing the latest build has issues parsing that comment for some reason.
Scott
it worked!