title: Android Studio :Error:Execution failed for task ':app:processDebugManifest'. > Manifest merger failed with multiple errors, see logs
body: <p>I'm new to Android Studio and I have another problem.<br>
  I'm risking my last reputation point btw.</p>
  
  <p>So I'm following the steps from this website: <a href="https://developer.android.com/training/basics/supporting-devices/platforms.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://developer.android.com/training/basics/supporting-devices/platforms.html</a>
  More precisely at the section: Use Platform Styles and Themes</p>
  
  <p>I don't understand my mistake and why does it show me an error.<br>
  Also, what does this error mean?</p>
  
  <p>So here is my <code>AndroidManifest.xml</code></p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt;
  &lt;manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      package="com.example.bog.beg"&gt;
  
      &lt;uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="4" android:targetSdkVersion="15" /&gt;
  &lt;!-- SET THE VERSIONS --&gt;
  
      &lt;application
  
  
          android:allowBackup="true"
          android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
          android:label="@string/app_name"
          android:supportsRtl="true"
          android:theme="@style/AppTheme"&gt;
          &lt;activity android:name=".MainActivity"&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;activity android:name=".DisplayMessageActivity"&gt;&lt;/activity&gt;
  
          &lt;!-- ACTIVITY SETS --&gt;
          &lt;activity android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Translucent" /&gt;
  
  
      &lt;/application&gt;
  
  
  
  &lt;/manifest&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>If I add the <code>&lt;activity android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Translucent" /&gt;</code>,
   it gives me this error</p>
  
  <pre><code>`Error:Execution failed for task ':app:processDebugManifest'.
  &gt; Manifest merger failed with multiple errors, see logs`
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I saw my logs. I'm not sure if this is it:</p>
  
  <pre><code>    -- Merging decision tree log ---
  manifest
  ADDED from C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\src\main\AndroidManifest.xml:2:1-33:12
      package
          ADDED from C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\src\main\AndroidManifest.xml:3:5-34
          INJECTED from C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\src\main\AndroidManifest.xml
          INJECTED from C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\src\main\AndroidManifest.xml
      android:versionName
          INJECTED from C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\src\main\AndroidManifest.xml
          INJECTED from C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\src\main\AndroidManifest.xml
      xmlns:android
          ADDED from C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\src\main\AndroidManifest.xml:2:11-69
      android:versionCode
          INJECTED from C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\src\main\AndroidManifest.xml
          INJECTED from C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\src\main\AndroidManifest.xml
  uses-sdk
  ADDED from C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\src\main\AndroidManifest.xml:5:5-73
  MERGED from [com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.1.0] C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\build\intermediates\exploded-aar\com.android.support\appcompat-v7\25.1.0\AndroidManifest.xml:21:5-23:78
  MERGED from [com.android.support:support-v4:25.1.0] C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\build\intermediates\exploded-aar\com.android.support\support-v4\25.1.0\AndroidManifest.xml:21:5-23:54
  MERGED from [com.android.support:support-fragment:25.1.0] C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\build\intermediates\exploded-aar\com.android.support\support-fragment\25.1.0\AndroidManifest.xml:21:5-23:60
  MERGED from [com.android.support:support-media-compat:25.1.0] C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\build\intermediates\exploded-aar\com.android.support\support-media-compat\25.1.0\AndroidManifest.xml:21:5-23:63
  MERGED from [com.android.support:support-core-ui:25.1.0] C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\build\intermediates\exploded-aar\com.android.support\support-core-ui\25.1.0\AndroidManifest.xml:21:5-23:58
  MERGED from [com.android.support:support-core-utils:25.1.0] C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\build\intermediates\exploded-aar\com.android.support\support-core-utils\25.1.0\AndroidManifest.xml:21:5-23:61
  MERGED from [com.android.support:animated-vector-drawable:25.1.0] C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\build\intermediates\exploded-aar\com.android.support\animated-vector-drawable\25.1.0\AndroidManifest.xml:20:5-44
  MERGED from [com.android.support:support-vector-drawable:25.1.0] C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\build\intermediates\exploded-aar\com.android.support\support-vector-drawable\25.1.0\AndroidManifest.xml:21:5-43
  MERGED from [com.android.support:support-compat:25.1.0] C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\build\intermediates\exploded-aar\com.android.support\support-compat\25.1.0\AndroidManifest.xml:21:5-23:58
      tools:overrideLibrary
          ADDED from [com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.1.0] C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\build\intermediates\exploded-aar\com.android.support\appcompat-v7\25.1.0\AndroidManifest.xml:23:9-75
      android:targetSdkVersion
          ADDED from C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\src\main\AndroidManifest.xml:5:41-70
          INJECTED from C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\src\main\AndroidManifest.xml
          INJECTED from C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\src\main\AndroidManifest.xml
      android:minSdkVersion
          ADDED from C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\src\main\AndroidManifest.xml:5:15-40
          INJECTED from C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\src\main\AndroidManifest.xml
          INJECTED from C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\src\main\AndroidManifest.xml
  application
  ADDED from C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\src\main\AndroidManifest.xml:8:5-29:19
  MERGED from [com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.1.0] C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\build\intermediates\exploded-aar\com.android.support\appcompat-v7\25.1.0\AndroidManifest.xml:25:5-20
  MERGED from [com.android.support:support-v4:25.1.0] C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\build\intermediates\exploded-aar\com.android.support\support-v4\25.1.0\AndroidManifest.xml:25:5-20
  MERGED from [com.android.support:support-fragment:25.1.0] C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\build\intermediates\exploded-aar\com.android.support\support-fragment\25.1.0\AndroidManifest.xml:25:5-20
  MERGED from [com.android.support:support-media-compat:25.1.0] C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\build\intermediates\exploded-aar\com.android.support\support-media-compat\25.1.0\AndroidManifest.xml:25:5-20
  MERGED from [com.android.support:support-core-ui:25.1.0] C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\build\intermediates\exploded-aar\com.android.support\support-core-ui\25.1.0\AndroidManifest.xml:25:5-20
  MERGED from [com.android.support:support-core-utils:25.1.0] C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\build\intermediates\exploded-aar\com.android.support\support-core-utils\25.1.0\AndroidManifest.xml:25:5-20
  MERGED from [com.android.support:animated-vector-drawable:25.1.0] C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\build\intermediates\exploded-aar\com.android.support\animated-vector-drawable\25.1.0\AndroidManifest.xml:22:5-20
  MERGED from [com.android.support:support-vector-drawable:25.1.0] C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\build\intermediates\exploded-aar\com.android.support\support-vector-drawable\25.1.0\AndroidManifest.xml:23:5-20
  MERGED from [com.android.support:support-compat:25.1.0] C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\build\intermediates\exploded-aar\com.android.support\support-compat\25.1.0\AndroidManifest.xml:25:5-20
      android:label
          ADDED from C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\src\main\AndroidManifest.xml:13:9-41
      android:supportsRtl
          ADDED from C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\src\main\AndroidManifest.xml:14:9-35
      android:allowBackup
          ADDED from C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\src\main\AndroidManifest.xml:11:9-35
      android:icon
          ADDED from C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\src\main\AndroidManifest.xml:12:9-43
      android:theme
          ADDED from C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\src\main\AndroidManifest.xml:15:9-40
  activity#com.example.bog.beg.MainActivity
  ADDED from C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\src\main\AndroidManifest.xml:16:9-22:20
      android:name
          ADDED from C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\src\main\AndroidManifest.xml:16:19-47
  intent-filter#android.intent.action.MAIN+android.intent.category.LAUNCHER
  ADDED from C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\src\main\AndroidManifest.xml:17:13-21:29
  action#android.intent.action.MAIN
  ADDED from C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\src\main\AndroidManifest.xml:18:17-69
      android:name
          ADDED from C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\src\main\AndroidManifest.xml:18:25-66
  category#android.intent.category.LAUNCHER
  ADDED from C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\src\main\AndroidManifest.xml:20:17-77
      android:name
          ADDED from C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\src\main\AndroidManifest.xml:20:27-74
  activity#com.example.bog.beg.DisplayMessageActivity
  ADDED from C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\src\main\AndroidManifest.xml:23:9-69
      android:name
          ADDED from C:\Users\bog\AndroidStudioProjects\Beg\app\src\main\AndroidManifest.xml:23:19-57
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>If I remove the <code>&lt;activity android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Translucent" /&gt;</code>, 
  there is no error showing, but why does this happen?</p>
  
  <p>I don't know if the style needs to be created by myself or if it is given by default (which makes more sense to me).</p>