title: Could not get unknown property 'instantRunManifestOutputDirectory' for task ':app:processDebugManifest'
body: <p>I keep getting the error "ERROR: Could not get unknown property 'instantRunManifestOutputDirectory' for task ':app:processDebugManifest' of type com.android.build.gradle.tasks.ProcessApplicationManifest.
  " under gradle sync issues ever since I upgraded android studio to 3.5. I can't find any result on google to fix the problem. I need help. Thanks.</p>
  
  <p>I opened a new project and only added the below build.gradle and the error still comes up.</p>
  
  <pre><code>apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
  apply plugin: 'com.google.firebase.firebase-perf'
  apply plugin: 'im.getsocial'
  
  getsocial {
      appId "11111111"
  }
  
  android {
      compileSdkVersion 29
      buildToolsVersion "29.0.2"
      defaultConfig {
          applicationId "com.app.ej"
          minSdkVersion 16
          targetSdkVersion 29
          versionCode 1
          versionName "1.0"
          testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
          vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true
          multiDexEnabled true
      }
      buildTypes {
          release {
              minifyEnabled false
              proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
          }
      }
      compileOptions {
          sourceCompatibility = '1.8'
          targetCompatibility = '1.8'
      }
  }
  
  dependencies {
      implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
      testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
      androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test:runner:1.2.0'
      androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.2.0'
  
      implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0'
      implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:1.1.3'
  
      implementation 'androidx.arch.core:core-runtime:2.1.0'
      implementation 'androidx.recyclerview:recyclerview:1.0.0'
      implementation 'androidx.cardview:cardview:1.0.0'
      implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0'
      implementation 'androidx.multidex:multidex:2.0.1' // 2.0.1 throws errors
      implementation 'androidx.legacy:legacy-support-v4:1.0.0'
      implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:1.1.3'
      implementation 'androidx.vectordrawable:vectordrawable:1.1.0'
      implementation "androidx.preference:preference:1.1.0"
  
      // style="@style/Widget.MaterialComponents.TextInputLayout.OutlinedBox"
      // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/57134070/error-inflating-class-com-google-android-material-textfield-textinputlayout
      implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.0.0'
  
      implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-firestore:21.1.1'
      implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-storage:19.1.0'
      implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:20.0.0'
      implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-core:17.2.0'
      implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-perf:19.0.0'
      implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-vision:18.0.0'
      implementation 'com.firebase:firebase-client-android:2.3.1'
  
      // Firebase UI
      // Used in FirebaseUIActivity.
      implementation 'com.firebaseui:firebase-ui-auth:4.3.2'
  
      //Google sign in dependencies
      implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-auth:19.1.0'
      implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-auth:17.0.0'
      implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.5'
  
      // Facebook Android SDK (only required for Facebook Login)
      // Used in FacebookLoginActivity.
      implementation 'com.facebook.android:facebook-login:5.5.1'
      implementation 'com.facebook.android:facebook-android-sdk:5.5.1'
      implementation 'androidx.browser:browser:1.0.0'
  
      // Twitter Android SDK (only required for Twitter Login)
      implementation 'com.twitter.sdk.android:twitter-core:3.3.0'
      implementation 'com.twitter.sdk.android:twitter:3.3.0'
  
      implementation 'com.karumi:dexter:5.0.0'
      implementation 'com.github.yalantis:ucrop:2.2.2'
      implementation 'io.github.inflationx:calligraphy3:3.1.1'
      implementation 'de.hdodenhof:circleimageview:3.0.0'
      implementation 'com.github.GrenderG:Toasty:1.4.1'
      implementation 'com.github.marcoscgdev:DialogSheet:2.0.5'
      implementation 'com.github.marlonlom:timeago:3.0.2'
      implementation 'com.github.clans:fab:1.6.4'
      implementation 'com.afollestad.material-dialogs:commons:0.8.6.1'
      implementation 'io.michaelrocks:libphonenumber-android:8.10.16'
  
      implementation 'com.kakao.sdk:kakaolink:1.14.0'
      implementation 'com.kakao.sdk:kakaotalk:1.14.0'
      implementation 'com.kakao.sdk:kakaostory:1.14.0'
  
      implementation('com.vk:androidsdk:1.6.9') {
          transitive = false
      }
  
      implementation 'com.jakewharton:butterknife:10.1.0'
      implementation 'com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:3.0.2'
  
      // Don't update these two
      implementation 'com.squareup.picasso:picasso:2.5.2'
      implementation 'com.android.billingclient:billing:2.0.2'
  
      /*implementation('com.crashlytics.sdk.android:crashlytics:2.10.1@aar') {
          transitive = true
      }*/
  
      //adjust partnership
      implementation 'com.adjust.sdk:adjust-android:4.12.0'
  
      //appsflyer
      implementation 'com.appsflyer:af-android-sdk:4.8.6@aar'
  
      //needed for adjust and appsflyer
      implementation 'com.android.installreferrer:installreferrer:1.0'
  }
  
  apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'
  
  
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The error is as follows</p>
  
  <pre><code>groovy.lang.MissingPropertyException: Could not get unknown property 'instantRunManifestOutputDirectory' for task ':app:processDebugManifest' of type com.android.build.gradle.tasks.ProcessApplicationManifest.
      at org.gradle.internal.metaobject.AbstractDynamicObject.getMissingProperty(AbstractDynamicObject.java:84)
      at org.gradle.internal.metaobject.AbstractDynamicObject.getProperty(AbstractDynamicObject.java:61)
      at com.android.build.gradle.tasks.ProcessApplicationManifest_Decorated.getProperty(Unknown Source)
      at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PogoGetPropertySite.getProperty(PogoGetPropertySite.java:49)
      at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.callGetProperty(AbstractCallSite.java:298)
      at im.getsocial.plugin.Utils.filterManifestsNew(Utils.groovy:60)
      at im.getsocial.plugin.Utils$filterManifestsNew$4.callStatic(Unknown Source)
      at im.getsocial.plugin.Utils$_allManifests_closure3.doCall(Utils.groovy:35)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
      at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedMethod.invoke(CachedMethod.java:104)
      at groovy.lang.MetaMethod.doMethodInvoke(MetaMethod.java:326)
      at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.metaclass.ClosureMetaClass.invokeMethod(ClosureMetaClass.java:264)
      at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:1041)
      at groovy.lang.Closure.call(Closure.java:411)
      at groovy.lang.Closure.call(Closure.java:427)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.AbstractTask$ClosureTaskAction.execute(AbstractTask.java:660)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.AbstractTask$ClosureTaskAction.execute(AbstractTask.java:633)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter$5.run(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:476)
      at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:402)
      at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:394)
      at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$1.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:165)
      at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:250)
      at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:158)
      at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:92)
      at org.gradle.internal.operations.DelegatingBuildOperationExecutor.run(DelegatingBuildOperationExecutor.java:31)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeAction(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:461)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeActions(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:444)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.access$200(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:93)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter$TaskExecution.execute(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:237)
      at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.ExecuteStep.lambda$execute$0(ExecuteStep.java:32)
      at java.util.Optional.map(Optional.java:215)
      at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.ExecuteStep.execute(ExecuteStep.java:32)
      at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.ExecuteStep.execute(ExecuteStep.java:26)
      at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.CleanupOutputsStep.execute(CleanupOutputsStep.java:58)
      at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.CleanupOutputsStep.execute(CleanupOutputsStep.java:35)
      at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.ResolveInputChangesStep.execute(ResolveInputChangesStep.java:48)
      at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.ResolveInputChangesStep.execute(ResolveInputChangesStep.java:33)
      at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.CancelExecutionStep.execute(CancelExecutionStep.java:39)
      at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.TimeoutStep.executeWithoutTimeout(TimeoutStep.java:73)
      at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.TimeoutStep.execute(TimeoutStep.java:54)
      at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.CatchExceptionStep.execute(CatchExceptionStep.java:35)
      at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.CreateOutputsStep.execute(CreateOutputsStep.java:51)
      at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.SnapshotOutputsStep.execute(SnapshotOutputsStep.java:45)
      at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.SnapshotOutputsStep.execute(SnapshotOutputsStep.java:31)
      at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.CacheStep.executeWithoutCache(CacheStep.java:208)
      at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.CacheStep.execute(CacheStep.java:70)
      at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.CacheStep.execute(CacheStep.java:45)
      at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.BroadcastChangingOutputsStep.execute(BroadcastChangingOutputsStep.java:49)
      at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.StoreSnapshotsStep.execute(StoreSnapshotsStep.java:43)
      at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.StoreSnapshotsStep.execute(StoreSnapshotsStep.java:32)
      at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.RecordOutputsStep.execute(RecordOutputsStep.java:38)
      at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.RecordOutputsStep.execute(RecordOutputsStep.java:24)
      at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.SkipUpToDateStep.executeBecause(SkipUpToDateStep.java:96)
      at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.SkipUpToDateStep.lambda$execute$0(SkipUpToDateStep.java:89)
      at java.util.Optional.map(Optional.java:215)
      at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.SkipUpToDateStep.execute(SkipUpToDateStep.java:54)
      at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.SkipUpToDateStep.execute(SkipUpToDateStep.java:38)
      at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.ResolveChangesStep.execute(ResolveChangesStep.java:76)
      at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.ResolveChangesStep.execute(ResolveChangesStep.java:37)
      at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.legacy.MarkSnapshottingInputsFinishedStep.execute(MarkSnapshottingInputsFinishedStep.java:36)
      at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.legacy.MarkSnapshottingInputsFinishedStep.execute(MarkSnapshottingInputsFinishedStep.java:26)
      at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.ResolveCachingStateStep.execute(ResolveCachingStateStep.java:90)
      at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.ResolveCachingStateStep.execute(ResolveCachingStateStep.java:48)
      at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.CaptureStateBeforeExecutionStep.execute(CaptureStateBeforeExecutionStep.java:69)
      at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.CaptureStateBeforeExecutionStep.execute(CaptureStateBeforeExecutionStep.java:47)
      at org.gradle.internal.execution.impl.DefaultWorkExecutor.execute(DefaultWorkExecutor.java:33)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.execute(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:140)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ValidatingTaskExecuter.execute(ValidatingTaskExecuter.java:62)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipEmptySourceFilesTaskExecuter.execute(SkipEmptySourceFilesTaskExecuter.java:108)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ResolveBeforeExecutionOutputsTaskExecuter.execute(ResolveBeforeExecutionOutputsTaskExecuter.java:67)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ResolveAfterPreviousExecutionStateTaskExecuter.execute(ResolveAfterPreviousExecutionStateTaskExecuter.java:46)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.CleanupStaleOutputsExecuter.execute(CleanupStaleOutputsExecuter.java:94)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.FinalizePropertiesTaskExecuter.execute(FinalizePropertiesTaskExecuter.java:46)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ResolveTaskExecutionModeExecuter.execute(ResolveTaskExecutionModeExecuter.java:95)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipTaskWithNoActionsExecuter.execute(SkipTaskWithNoActionsExecuter.java:57)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipOnlyIfTaskExecuter.execute(SkipOnlyIfTaskExecuter.java:56)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.CatchExceptionTaskExecuter.execute(CatchExceptionTaskExecuter.java:36)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.EventFiringTaskExecuter$1.executeTask(EventFiringTaskExecuter.java:77)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.EventFiringTaskExecuter$1.call(EventFiringTaskExecuter.java:55)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.EventFiringTaskExecuter$1.call(EventFiringTaskExecuter.java:52)
      at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$CallableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:416)
      at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$CallableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:406)
      at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$1.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:165)
      at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:250)
      at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:158)
      at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.call(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:102)
      at org.gradle.internal.operations.DelegatingBuildOperationExecutor.call(DelegatingBuildOperationExecutor.java:36)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.EventFiringTaskExecuter.execute(EventFiringTaskExecuter.java:52)
      at org.gradle.execution.plan.LocalTaskNodeExecutor.execute(LocalTaskNodeExecutor.java:43)
      at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskExecutionGraph$InvokeNodeExecutorsAction.execute(DefaultTaskExecutionGraph.java:355)
      at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskExecutionGraph$InvokeNodeExecutorsAction.execute(DefaultTaskExecutionGraph.java:343)
      at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskExecutionGraph$BuildOperationAwareExecutionAction.execute(DefaultTaskExecutionGraph.java:336)
      at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskExecutionGraph$BuildOperationAwareExecutionAction.execute(DefaultTaskExecutionGraph.java:322)
      at org.gradle.execution.plan.DefaultPlanExecutor$ExecutorWorker$1.execute(DefaultPlanExecutor.java:134)
      at org.gradle.execution.plan.DefaultPlanExecutor$ExecutorWorker$1.execute(DefaultPlanExecutor.java:129)
      at org.gradle.execution.plan.DefaultPlanExecutor$ExecutorWorker.execute(DefaultPlanExecutor.java:202)
      at org.gradle.execution.plan.DefaultPlanExecutor$ExecutorWorker.executeNextNode(DefaultPlanExecutor.java:193)
      at org.gradle.execution.plan.DefaultPlanExecutor$ExecutorWorker.run(DefaultPlanExecutor.java:129)
      at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ExecutorPolicy$CatchAndRecordFailures.onExecute(ExecutorPolicy.java:64)
      at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ManagedExecutorImpl$1.run(ManagedExecutorImpl.java:48)
      at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
      at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
      at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ThreadFactoryImpl$ManagedThreadRunnable.run(ThreadFactoryImpl.java:56)
      at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
  
  </code></pre>
  
  <pre><code>// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
  
  buildscript {
      repositories {
          maven { url 'https://maven.fabric.io/public' }
          maven { url "https://maven.google.com" }
          maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }
          maven { url "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots" }
          maven { url "https://dl.bintray.com/qiscustech/maven" }
          maven { url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/" }
          maven { url "https://jcenter.bintray.com" }
          maven { url 'http://devrepo.kakao.com:8088/nexus/content/groups/public/' }
          mavenCentral()
          google()
          jcenter()
  
      }
      dependencies {
          classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.0'
          classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.2'
          classpath 'com.google.firebase:perf-plugin:1.3.1'
          classpath 'io.fabric.tools:gradle:1.31.0'
          classpath "im.getsocial:plugin:0.0.17"
  
          // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
          // in the individual module build.gradle files
      }
  }
  
  allprojects {
      repositories {
          maven { url 'https://maven.fabric.io/public' }
          maven { url "https://maven.google.com" }
          maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }
          maven { url "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots" }
          maven { url  "https://dl.bintray.com/qiscustech/maven" }
          maven { url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/" }
          maven { url "https://jcenter.bintray.com" }
          maven { url 'http://devrepo.kakao.com:8088/nexus/content/groups/public/' }
          mavenCentral()
          google()
          jcenter()
  
      }
  }
  
  task clean(type: Delete) {
      delete rootProject.buildDir
  }
  
  </code></pre>