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.

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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.

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'
}
}

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
1. gradle-wrapper.properties
2. 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

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.

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

1. 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'
}
}
**or**

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'
}
}

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

I solved this problem by updating compileSdkVersion 33 in build.gradle file.

When working with gradle version 3.4.2, I was able to solve it by changing the jvm args in gradle.properties file to:

org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError