AAPT: error: attribute android:requestLegacyExternalStorage not found

Question

collection error in AndroidManifest.xml

AAPT: error: attribute android:requestLegacyExternalStorage not found.

Although the attribute is there but it writes an err

Answer 1

(Material Files aurthor here)

You need to compile against SDK 29 and maybe use the most recent build tools for aapt to know this attribute, because it's introduced in Android 10.

Answer 2

Make these changes in android\app\build.gradle :

compileSdkVersion 29

targetSdkVersion 29

It will work.