Software Development Kit for ST25 Tags and Dynamic Tags - Android integration

NickVimar · ‎2025-10-27

Hello,

I hope this is not a duplicate but I didn't find a similar issue.

I'm developing for my company an Android app using the STSW-ST25SDK001 - Software Development Kit for ST25 Tags and Dynamic Tags.

To use your SDK i have to include two artifacts:

st25sdk-1.13.0.jar
st25_android_reader_interface-1.0.12-release.aar, specific for Android

I see that the AAR includes an "application" tag in its AndroidManifest.xml, even if it's only a library and does not provide an Application class:

<application
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:supportsRtl="true" >
</application>

This cause Gradle to complain and fail build with the following error:

Manifest merger failed : Attribute application@allowBackup value=(false) from AndroidManifest.xml:7:9-36

is also present at [st25_android_reader_interface-1.0.12-release.aar] AndroidManifest.xml:10:9-35 value=(true).

Suggestion: add 'tools:replace="android:allowBackup"' to <application> element at AndroidManifest.xml:5:5-50:19 to override.

We can use "tools:replace" in our app manifest but it seems more of a workaround which makes the app build but sometimes still replaces the correct configuration as described here https://stackoverflow.com/a/36626818/3853058

I think the "application" part in the AAR Manifest should be removed, is it possible please?

Thanks