Error while importing project : Manifest merger failed

Question

I have imported a project but it's not working. I have looked other questions related to Manifest merger failed, but is not solving my problem. This is the error :

Error:Execution failed for task ':app:processDebugManifest'.

Manifest merger failed : uses-sdk:minSdkVersion 1 cannot be smaller than version 9 declared in library [com.google.android.gms:play-services:10.0.1] F:\\Softwares\\Project\\Bird\\app\\build\\intermediates\\exploded-aar\\com.google.android.gms\\play-services\\10.0.1\\AndroidManifest.xml Suggestion: use tools:overrideLibrary="com.google.android.gms.play_services" to force usage.

And this is my gradle :

android {
    compileSdkVersion 19
    buildToolsVersion "25.0.2"
}

dependencies {
    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:19.1.0'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:+'
}

This is my Android manifest :

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="bb.bird"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >

Answer 1

This means that somewhere in your app a Manifest contains a minimum sdk version 1. You should control this by adding

minSdkVersion 9

in your app's build.gradle file under the block

defaultConfig

This should be enough, otherwise you can check all the manifests and gradle files and look where the minSdkVersion 1 is defined.