'A problem was found with the configuration of task ':app:checkDebugManifest' (type 'CheckManifest') in flutter

I was building my app, when this error occured while building -

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
A problem was found with the configuration of task ':app:checkDebugManifest' (type 'CheckManifest').
  - Type 'CheckManifest' property 'manifest' has @Input annotation used on property of type 'File'.

    Reason: A property of type 'File' annotated with @Input cannot determine how to interpret the file.

    Possible solutions:
      1. Annotate with @InputFile for regular files.
      2. Annotate with @InputDirectory for directories.
      3. If you want to track the path, return File.absolutePath as a String and keep @Input.

    Please refer to https://docs.gradle.org/7.0/userguide/validation_problems.html#incorrect_use_of_input_annotation for more details about this problem.

* Try:
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* Get more help at https://help.gradle.org

BUILD FAILED in 1m 0s

I have no idea why this error occured, while everything was working fine just before. Please someone help me with this.

Solution 1:^[1]

In my case I got such error after upgrading Gradle to version 7.

I fixed it by updating a version 'com.android.tools.build:gradle' in project build.gradle file:

buildscript {

    repositories {
        jcenter()
        maven {
            url 'https://maven.google.com/'
            name 'Google'
        }
        google()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.2.0'
    }
}

Solution 2:^[2]

I have upgrade the android studio to 4.X.X that time android studio automatically upgraded all my gradle files.

You need to check two files

gradle-wrapper.properties
project build.gradle file

In gradle-wrapper.properties need to use

distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.5-bin.zip

and in project build.gradle file

classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.2.2

Solution 3:^[3]

This error occurs due to the upgraded version of Gradle (Gradle 7+). You can resolve this issue in two ways.

Upgrade the compileSdkVersion to 31 in app build.gradle file,

android {
    compileSdkVersion 31
    ...
}

Update gradle build tools version to 4.2+ in project build.gradle file

buildscript {
   ...
   dependencies {
       classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.2.2'
   }
}

Downgrade the gradle version to 6.x instead of 7.x

Update gradle distribution version to 6.5 in gradle-wrapper.properties file

distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.5-bin.zip

Update gradle build tools version to 4.2+ in project build.gradle file

buildscript {
   ...
   dependencies {
       classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.2.0'
   }
}

Solution 4:^[4]

Without downgrading Gradle version (currently 7.0.2), upgrading dependencies gave clearer errors indicating issues with compileSdkVersion.

So I set it to 31 (suggested version), and it completely resolved all the problems.

Tip: Some other problems with kotlin-version and firebase versions came up after, but errors were clear and everything could be fixed just following the details.

Solution 5:^[5]

Minimum supported Gradle version is 6.7.1. Current version is 6.5. If using the gradle wrapper

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Solution	Source
Solution 1	Dmitry Grushin
Solution 2	Umesh Saraswat
Solution 3	Codemaker
Solution 4	Poorix
Solution 5	Toyib Mustapha

'A problem was found with the configuration of task ':app:checkDebugManifest' (type 'CheckManifest') in flutter

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