Manifest merger failed : uses-sdk:minSdkVersion 16 cannot be smaller than version 19 declared in library [com.google.android.material:material:1.12.0] C:Usersjoshu.gradlecachestransforms-484c9c5e97f7f101ffd1750ba12f4c6d7transformedmaterial-1.12.0AndroidManifest.xml as the library might be using APIs not available in 16
Suggestion: use a compatible library with a minSdk of at most 16,
or increase this project’s minSdk version to at least 19,
or use tools:overrideLibrary=”com.google.android.material” to force usage (may lead to runtime failures)
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