Flutter Notifications Error - explicit value for android:exported when the corresponding component has an intent filter defined.

Flutter Notifications Error - explicit value for android:exported when the corresponding component has an intent filter defined.
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I love solving errors and then sharing how I did it, so this is when I started using a package for flutter notifications, I got this on my build pipeline.

The error

error /Users/builder/clone/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml:15:9-22:20 Error: android:exported needs to be explicitly specified for element <receiver#com.dexterous.flutterlocalnotifications.ScheduledNotificationBootReceiver>. Apps targeting Android 12 and higher are required to specify an explicit value for `android:exported` when the corresponding component has an intent filter defined. See https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element#exported for details.error /Users/builder/clone/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml:15:9-22:20 Error: android:exported needs to be explicitly specified for element <receiver#com.dexterous.flutterlocalnotifications.ScheduledNotificationBootReceiver>. Apps targeting Android 12 and higher are required to specify an explicit value for `android:exported` when the corresponding component has an intent filter defined. See https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element#exported for details.error /Users/builder/clone/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml:15:9-22:20 Error: android:exported needs to be explicitly specified for element <receiver#com.dexterous.flutterlocalnotifications.ScheduledNotificationBootReceiver>. Apps targeting Android 12 and higher are required to specify an explicit value for `android:exported` when the corresponding component has an intent filter defined. See https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element#exported for details.

Ended up going through some stack overflow questions, landing on this one.

android:exported needs to be explicitly specified for <activity>. Apps targeting Android 12 and higher are required to specify
After upgrading to android 12, the application is not compiling. It shows &quot;Manifest merger failed with multiple errors, see logs&quot; Error showing in Merged manifest: Merging Errors: Error:

Solution

Upgrading flutter_local_notifications from 8.x.x to the latest version (now is 9.3.2).


That's it, cya!


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