How to solve "Your APK's version code needs to be higher than 2." in Google Play's Developer Console?

android, apk, cordova

Solution

If you're directly using Gradle, or indirectly through Android Studio:

I fixed it by editing the version number inside of the `build.gradle` file! There is a small banner at the bottom of the android.manifest file that says "these changes are being overwritten by the build.gradle file."

Problem

I'm getting this error when uploading my Phonegap app to the Google Play Developer Console: Your APK's version code needs to be higher than 2. How can I fix this?

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