title: Manifest merger failed : uses-sdk:minSdkVersion 1 cannot be smaller than version 14 declared in library
body: <p>I have been searching SO and other android blogs from last 5-7 hours to get rid of one error but could not.
  In Android Studio, I imported an old project of eclipse but the error "Manifest merger failed' persists like</p>
  
  <pre><code>Error:Execution failed for task ':app:processDebugManifest'.
  &gt; Manifest merger failed : uses-sdk:minSdkVersion 1 cannot be smaller than version 14 declared in library [com.google.android.gms:play-services:11.0.4] C:\Users\.android\build-cache\857c11d37cd8661c3d52cb060657f8bf3635bb7a\output\AndroidManifest.xml
      Suggestion: use tools:overrideLibrary="com.google.android.gms.play_services" to force usage
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>when I  checked mentioning minSdkVersion in build.gradle then I got <strong>Gradle build finished with 227 error(s) in 1m 30s 253ms</strong> some errors are:</p>
  
  <pre><code>    Z:\#1 ready\others\UVPlayermasterpart1\HoppingBird\app\build\intermediates\res\merged\debug\values-ldltr-v21\values-ldltr-v21.xml
      Z:\#1 ready\others\UVPlayermasterpart1\HoppingBird\app\build\intermediates\res\merged\debug\values-v21\values-v21.xml
  Error:(17) Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:TextAppearance.Material.Inverse'.
  Error:(19) Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:TextAppearance.Material.Large.Inverse'.
  Error:(280) Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name '@android:style/Theme.Material.Light.DialogWhenLarge.NoActionBar'.
  Error:(27) Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:TextAppearance.Material.SearchResult.Subtitle'.
  Error:(106, 21) No resource found that matches the given name: attr 'android:colorAccent'.
  .
  .
  .
  .Error:(203, 21) No resource found that matches the given name: attr 'android:overlapAnchor'.
  .
  .
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and using overrideLibrary in manifest file did not work.</p>
  
  <p><strong>build.gradle</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
  
  android {
      compileSdkVersion 19
      buildToolsVersion "26.0.2"
  
      defaultConfig {
          applicationId "bb.hoppingbird"
          //minSdkVersion 14
          //targetSdkVersion 19
      }
  
      buildTypes {
          release {
              minifyEnabled false
              proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.txt'
          }
      }
  }
  
  dependencies {
      compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:19.1.0'
      compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:+'
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>AndroidManifest.xml</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt;
  &lt;manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
      package="bb.hoppingbird"
      android:versionCode="1"
      android:versionName="1.0"&gt;
  
      &lt;supports-screens
          android:xlargeScreens="true"
          android:largeScreens="true"
          android:normalScreens="true"
          android:smallScreens="true"
          android:anyDensity="false" /&gt;
  
      &lt;application
          android:icon="@drawable/icon"
          android:label="@string/app_name"&gt;
  
          &lt;activity
              android:name="bb.hoppingbird.MainActivity"
              android:label="@string/app_name"
              android:screenOrientation="landscape"
              android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen"
              android:configChanges="orientation"&gt;
              &lt;intent-filter&gt;
                  &lt;action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /&gt;
                  &lt;category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /&gt;
              &lt;/intent-filter&gt;
          &lt;/activity&gt;
  
          &lt;!-- Ads Using Google Play Services SDK --&gt;
          &lt;meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.version"
                 android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version"/&gt;
  
          &lt;activity android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.AdActivity"
               android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|smallestScreenSize"/&gt;
      &lt;/application&gt;
  
      &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/&gt;
      &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" /&gt;
      &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RESTART_PACKAGES"/&gt;
      &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"&gt;&lt;/uses-permission&gt;
      &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" /&gt;
      &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS" /&gt;
  
  &lt;/manifest&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I will appreciate your answers.
  <strong>Thank You</strong></p>