title: versionCode and versionName in AndroidManifest.xml file are overwritten with default values when project is built
body: <p>I have inherited this project from a previous developer and am very new to Android development so please bear with me. My AndroidManifest.xml has the following versionCode and versionName:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;manifest android:hardwareAccelerated="true" android:versionCode="10100" android:versionName="1.1" 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am trying to submit an update to the app so I'm trying to change versionCode to 10200 and versionName to 1.2. Everytime I build the project these values are overwritten back to the default 10100 and 1.1.</p>
  
  <p>I have also tried removing these from the AndroidManifest.xml file completely and setting the values in the build.gradle file:</p>
  
  <pre><code>defaultConfig {
      versionCode 10200
      versionName "1.2"
      applicationId privateHelpers.extractStringFromManifest("package")
  
      if (cdvMinSdkVersion != null) {
          minSdkVersion cdvMinSdkVersion
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However, whenever I build the project it is still adding those default 10100 and 1.1 values to my AndroidManifest.xml. Could anyone please shed any light on how I can use newer version numbers? I am pulling my hair out!</p>
  
  <p>EDIT: Full build.gradle file below:</p>
  
  <pre><code>apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
  
  buildscript {
      repositories {
          mavenCentral()
          jcenter()
      }
  
      // Switch the Android Gradle plugin version requirement depending on the
      // installed version of Gradle. This dependency is documented at
      // http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/new-build-system/version-compatibility
      // and https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-8143
      dependencies {
          classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.2.3'
      }
  }
  
  // Allow plugins to declare Maven dependencies via build-extras.gradle.
  allprojects {
      repositories {
          mavenCentral();
          jcenter()
      }
  }
  
  task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
      gradleVersion = '2.14.1'
  }
  
  // Configuration properties. Set these via environment variables, build-extras.gradle, or gradle.properties.
  // Refer to: http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/tutorial_this_and_that.html
  ext {
      apply from: 'CordovaLib/cordova.gradle'
      // The value for android.compileSdkVersion.
      if (!project.hasProperty('cdvCompileSdkVersion')) {
          cdvCompileSdkVersion = null;
      }
      // The value for android.buildToolsVersion.
      if (!project.hasProperty('cdvBuildToolsVersion')) {
          cdvBuildToolsVersion = null;
      }
      // Sets the versionCode to the given value.
      if (!project.hasProperty('cdvVersionCode')) {
          cdvVersionCode = null
      }
      // Sets the minSdkVersion to the given value.
      if (!project.hasProperty('cdvMinSdkVersion')) {
          cdvMinSdkVersion = null
      }
      // Whether to build architecture-specific APKs.
      if (!project.hasProperty('cdvBuildMultipleApks')) {
          cdvBuildMultipleApks = null
      }
      // .properties files to use for release signing.
      if (!project.hasProperty('cdvReleaseSigningPropertiesFile')) {
          cdvReleaseSigningPropertiesFile = null
      }
      // .properties files to use for debug signing.
      if (!project.hasProperty('cdvDebugSigningPropertiesFile')) {
          cdvDebugSigningPropertiesFile = null
      }
      // Set by build.js script.
      if (!project.hasProperty('cdvBuildArch')) {
          cdvBuildArch = null
      }
  
      // Plugin gradle extensions can append to this to have code run at the end.
      cdvPluginPostBuildExtras = []
  }
  
  // PLUGIN GRADLE EXTENSIONS START
  // PLUGIN GRADLE EXTENSIONS END
  
  def hasBuildExtras = file('build-extras.gradle').exists()
  if (hasBuildExtras) {
      apply from: 'build-extras.gradle'
  }
  
  // Set property defaults after extension .gradle files.
  if (ext.cdvCompileSdkVersion == null) {
      ext.cdvCompileSdkVersion = privateHelpers.getProjectTarget()
  }
  if (ext.cdvBuildToolsVersion == null) {
      ext.cdvBuildToolsVersion = privateHelpers.findLatestInstalledBuildTools()
  }
  if (ext.cdvDebugSigningPropertiesFile == null &amp;&amp; file('debug-signing.properties').exists()) {
      ext.cdvDebugSigningPropertiesFile = 'debug-signing.properties'
  }
  if (ext.cdvReleaseSigningPropertiesFile == null &amp;&amp; file('release-signing.properties').exists()) {
      ext.cdvReleaseSigningPropertiesFile = 'release-signing.properties'
  }
  
  // Cast to appropriate types.
  ext.cdvBuildMultipleApks = cdvBuildMultipleApks == null ? false : cdvBuildMultipleApks.toBoolean();
  ext.cdvMinSdkVersion = cdvMinSdkVersion == null ? null : Integer.parseInt('' + cdvMinSdkVersion)
  ext.cdvVersionCode = cdvVersionCode == null ? null : Integer.parseInt('' + cdvVersionCode)
  
  def computeBuildTargetName(debugBuild) {
      def ret = 'assemble'
      if (cdvBuildMultipleApks &amp;&amp; cdvBuildArch) {
          def arch = cdvBuildArch == 'arm' ? 'armv7' : cdvBuildArch
          ret += '' + arch.toUpperCase().charAt(0) + arch.substring(1);
      }
      return ret + (debugBuild ? 'Debug' : 'Release')
  }
  
  // Make cdvBuild a task that depends on the debug/arch-sepecific task.
  task cdvBuildDebug
  cdvBuildDebug.dependsOn {
      return computeBuildTargetName(true)
  }
  
  task cdvBuildRelease
  cdvBuildRelease.dependsOn {
      return computeBuildTargetName(false)
  }
  
  task cdvPrintProps &lt;&lt; {
      println('cdvCompileSdkVersion=' + cdvCompileSdkVersion)
      println('cdvBuildToolsVersion=' + cdvBuildToolsVersion)
      println('cdvVersionCode=' + cdvVersionCode)
      println('cdvMinSdkVersion=' + cdvMinSdkVersion)
      println('cdvBuildMultipleApks=' + cdvBuildMultipleApks)
      println('cdvReleaseSigningPropertiesFile=' + cdvReleaseSigningPropertiesFile)
      println('cdvDebugSigningPropertiesFile=' + cdvDebugSigningPropertiesFile)
      println('cdvBuildArch=' + cdvBuildArch)
      println('computedVersionCode=' + android.defaultConfig.versionCode)
      android.productFlavors.each { flavor -&gt;
          println('computed' + flavor.name.capitalize() + 'VersionCode=' + flavor.versionCode)
      }
  }
  
  android {
      sourceSets {
          main {
              manifest.srcFile 'AndroidManifest.xml'
              java.srcDirs = ['src']
              resources.srcDirs = ['src']
              aidl.srcDirs = ['src']
              renderscript.srcDirs = ['src']
              res.srcDirs = ['res']
              assets.srcDirs = ['assets']
              jniLibs.srcDirs = ['libs']
          }
      }
  
      defaultConfig {
          versionCode 10200
          versionName "1.2"
          applicationId privateHelpers.extractStringFromManifest("package")
  
          if (cdvMinSdkVersion != null) {
              minSdkVersion cdvMinSdkVersion
          }
      }
  
      lintOptions {
          abortOnError false;
      }
  
      compileSdkVersion cdvCompileSdkVersion
      buildToolsVersion cdvBuildToolsVersion
  
      if (Boolean.valueOf(cdvBuildMultipleApks)) {
          productFlavors {
              armv7 {
                  versionCode defaultConfig.versionCode*10 + 2
                  ndk {
                      abiFilters "armeabi-v7a", ""
                  }
              }
              x86 {
                  versionCode defaultConfig.versionCode*10 + 4
                  ndk {
                      abiFilters "x86", ""
                  }
              }
              all {
                  ndk {
                      abiFilters "all", ""
                  }
              }
          }
      }
      /*
  
      ELSE NOTHING! DON'T MESS WITH THE VERSION CODE IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO!
  
      else if (!cdvVersionCode) {
        def minSdkVersion = cdvMinSdkVersion ?: privateHelpers.extractIntFromManifest("minSdkVersion")
        // Vary versionCode by the two most common API levels:
        // 14 is ICS, which is the lowest API level for many apps.
        // 20 is Lollipop, which is the lowest API level for the updatable system webview.
        if (minSdkVersion &gt;= 20) {
          defaultConfig.versionCode += 9
        } else if (minSdkVersion &gt;= 14) {
          defaultConfig.versionCode += 8
        }
      }
      */
  
      compileOptions {
          sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_6
          targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_6
      }
  
      if (cdvReleaseSigningPropertiesFile) {
          signingConfigs {
              release {
                  // These must be set or Gradle will complain (even if they are overridden).
                  keyAlias = ""
                  keyPassword = "__unset" // And these must be set to non-empty in order to have the signing step added to the task graph.
                  storeFile = null
                  storePassword = "__unset"
              }
          }
          buildTypes {
              release {
                  signingConfig signingConfigs.release
              }
          }
          addSigningProps(cdvReleaseSigningPropertiesFile, signingConfigs.release)
      }
      if (cdvDebugSigningPropertiesFile) {
          addSigningProps(cdvDebugSigningPropertiesFile, signingConfigs.debug)
      }
  }
  
  dependencies {
      compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: '*.jar')
      // SUB-PROJECT DEPENDENCIES START
      debugCompile(project(path: "CordovaLib", configuration: "debug"))
      releaseCompile(project(path: "CordovaLib", configuration: "release"))
      // SUB-PROJECT DEPENDENCIES END
  }
  
  def promptForReleaseKeyPassword() {
      if (!cdvReleaseSigningPropertiesFile) {
          return;
      }
      if ('__unset'.equals(android.signingConfigs.release.storePassword)) {
          android.signingConfigs.release.storePassword = privateHelpers.promptForPassword('Enter key store password: ')
      }
      if ('__unset'.equals(android.signingConfigs.release.keyPassword)) {
          android.signingConfigs.release.keyPassword = privateHelpers.promptForPassword('Enter key password: ');
      }
  }
  
  gradle.taskGraph.whenReady { taskGraph -&gt;
      taskGraph.getAllTasks().each() { task -&gt;
          if (task.name == 'validateReleaseSigning' || task.name == 'validateSigningRelease') {
              promptForReleaseKeyPassword()
          }
      }
  }
  
  def addSigningProps(propsFilePath, signingConfig) {
      def propsFile = file(propsFilePath)
      def props = new Properties()
      propsFile.withReader { reader -&gt;
          props.load(reader)
      }
  
      def storeFile = new File(props.get('key.store') ?: privateHelpers.ensureValueExists(propsFilePath, props, 'storeFile'))
      if (!storeFile.isAbsolute()) {
          storeFile = RelativePath.parse(true, storeFile.toString()).getFile(propsFile.getParentFile())
      }
      if (!storeFile.exists()) {
          throw new FileNotFoundException('Keystore file does not exist: ' + storeFile.getAbsolutePath())
      }
      signingConfig.keyAlias = props.get('key.alias') ?: privateHelpers.ensureValueExists(propsFilePath, props, 'keyAlias')
      signingConfig.keyPassword = props.get('keyPassword', props.get('key.alias.password', signingConfig.keyPassword))
      signingConfig.storeFile = storeFile
      signingConfig.storePassword = props.get('storePassword', props.get('key.store.password', signingConfig.storePassword))
      def storeType = props.get('storeType', props.get('key.store.type', ''))
      if (!storeType) {
          def filename = storeFile.getName().toLowerCase();
          if (filename.endsWith('.p12') || filename.endsWith('.pfx')) {
              storeType = 'pkcs12'
          } else {
              storeType = signingConfig.storeType // "jks"
          }
      }
      signingConfig.storeType = storeType
  }
  
  for (def func : cdvPluginPostBuildExtras) {
      func()
  }
  
  // This can be defined within build-extras.gradle as:
  //     ext.postBuildExtras = { ... code here ... }
  if (hasProperty('postBuildExtras')) {
      postBuildExtras()
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>ANOTHER EDIT:</p>
  
  <p>Just noticed that when I open the project in Android Studio, there is a message saying "Migrate Project to Gradle? This project does not use the Gradle build system. We recommend that you migrate to using the Gradle build system". So even though it has a build.gradle file it may not be using it?</p>