Cannot create variant 'android-manifest-metadata' after dependency configuration ':app:myappDebugApiElements' has been resolved

I am updating my project’s gradle plugin from 3.2.1 to later versions but i get this error: Cannot create variant ‘android-manifest-metadata’ after dependency configuration ‘:app:myDebugApiElements’ has been resolved.

I tried the suggestions i found at: Cannot create variant ‘android-manifest-metadata’ , but the problem still persist.

any idea will be much apreciated.