Manifest Merger Failed:Uses-Sdk:Minsdkversion 8 Cannot Be Smaller

Manifest merger failed : uses-sdk:minSdkVersion 8 cannot be smaller

If you use

'com.android.support:support-v4:+'

It will suppose it can use 21.x since is the latest version (but not compatible with target less than L)

Change it to

'com.android.support:support-v4:20.+'

So it will download the latest 20.x version

Manifest merger failed : uses-sdk:minSdkVersion 19 cannot be smaller than version 21 declared in library

as per the error the library is to minSDK 21 , so you have to use that as minSDK ,as for the particular librays docs please go through in detail , as per build file from github it can be seen minSDK is set as 21.
see here in github of this build file from the library

Android Studio 3.4 Manifest merger failed : uses-sdk:minSdkVersion 1 cannot be smaller than version 14

As the error suggested you can also increase your project's minSdk version to 14 or above.

Go to your build.gradle(Module app) file and add the minimum SDK version like this:

android {
compileSdkVersion 28
    defaultConfig {      
       minSdkVersion 14 or above here
    }      
}

Manifest merger failed : uses-sdk:minSdkVersion 1 cannot be smaller than version 14 declared in library

You should change from:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 19
    buildToolsVersion "26.0.2"

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "bb.hoppingbird"
        //minSdkVersion 14
        //targetSdkVersion 19
    }

    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.txt'
        }
    }
}

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

to:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
repositories {
    maven { url 'https://maven.google.com' }
}
android {
    compileSdkVersion 26
    buildToolsVersion "26.0.2"

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "bb.hoppingbird"
        minSdkVersion 14
        targetSdkVersion 26
    }

    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.txt'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:26.1.0'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:11.4.2'
}

Update:
Please follow these instructions:

• Set Up Google Play Services

• Support Library Setup

ERROR: Manifest merger failed : uses-sdk:minSdkVersion 7 cannot be smaller than version 14

There 2 options to solve this problem:
1. You need to increase the SDK-version in build.gradle(app) or under Settings -> Gradle
and/or
2. Change the implementation of your RecyclerView in build.gradle(app) to a lower version. This one you are using here (androidx.recyclerview:recyclerview:1.0.0-beta01) is the newest version.
You probably need this: com.android.support:recyclerview-v7
More of this, I suggest to watch this official Android Developer Migrating site:
https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/migrate

Manifest merger failed : uses-sdk:minSdkVersion 14

Note: This has been updated to reflect the release of API 21, Lollipop. Be sure to download the latest SDK.

In one of my modules I had the following in build.gradle:

dependencies {
    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:+'
}

Changing this to

dependencies {
    // do not use dynamic updating.
    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:21.0.0' 
}

fixed the issue.

Make sure you're not doing a general inclusion of com.android.support:support-v4:+ or any other support libraries (v7, v13, appcompat, etc), anywhere in your project.

I'd assume the problem is v4:+ picks up the release candidate (21.0.0-rc1) latest L release which obviously requires the L SDK.

Edit:

If you need to use the new views (CardView, RecyclerView, and Palette), the following should work:

compile "com.android.support:cardview-v7:21.0.0"
compile "com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:21.0.0"
compile "com.android.support:palette-v7:21.0.0"

(Credit to EddieRingle on /androiddev - http://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/297xli/howto_use_the_v21_support_libs_on_older_versions/)

Another Edit

Be sure to see @murtuza's answer below regarding appcompat-v7 and upvote if it helps!

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