google_mlkit_smart_reply namespace in AndroidManifest.xml is no longer supported

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When I upgrade the Gradle version to 8.2.1 (latest) and set the targetSdkVersion version and compileSdkVersion to 34 using Flutter 3.16.7 and Dart 3.2.4, I have a namespace error on google_mlkit_smart_reply package :

Launching lib/main.dart on sdk gphone64 arm64 in debug mode...
Incorrect package="com.google_mlkit_smart_reply" found in source AndroidManifest.xml: /Users/quentinpayre/Documents/google_ml_kit_flutter/packages/google_mlkit_smart_reply/android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml.
Setting the namespace via the package attribute in the source AndroidManifest.xml is no longer supported.
Recommendation: remove package="com.google_mlkit_smart_reply" from the source AndroidManifest.xml: /Users/quentinpayre/Documents/google_ml_kit_flutter/packages/google_mlkit_smart_reply/android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml.

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':google_mlkit_smart_reply:processDebugManifest'.
> A failure occurred while executing com.android.build.gradle.tasks.ProcessLibraryManifest$ProcessLibWorkAction
   > Incorrect package="com.google_mlkit_smart_reply" found in source AndroidManifest.xml: /Users/quentinpayre/Documents/google_ml_kit_flutter/packages/google_mlkit_smart_reply/android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml.
     Setting the namespace via the package attribute in the source AndroidManifest.xml is no longer supported.
     Recommendation: remove package="com.google_mlkit_smart_reply" from the source AndroidManifest.xml: /Users/quentinpayre/Documents/google_ml_kit_flutter/packages/google_mlkit_smart_reply/android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml.

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BUILD FAILED in 41s
Running Gradle task 'assembleDebug'...                             41.8s
Exception: Gradle task assembleDebug failed with exit code 1

I reproduced the bug on your exemple too. Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. google_ml_kit_flutter/packages/example/android/app/build.gradle set compileSdkVersion and targetSdkVersion to 34
2. You will also need to add this namespace 'com.google_mlkit_example' in android section in build.gradle
3. google_ml_kit_flutter/packages/example/android/build.gradle set classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.2.1' in dependencies
4. google_ml_kit_flutter/packages/example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties set distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.2-all.zip
5. See error

If I open my pub_cache and edit the google_mlkit_smart_reply/android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml file removing the namespace package="com.google_mlkit_smart_reply" it runs well locally. Since I'm using Bitrise to Build my iOs and Android apps I have this issue on every android build.

In my project I use this version of google mlkit :

google_ml_kit: ^0.16.3

I tried to downgrade it but it didn't fix it

I don't know if I missed something but if someone found a solution please share it 🙂