The manifest file is also where you can declare what types of hardware or software features your app requires and, by extension, which types of devices your app is compatible with. Google Play Store doesn't let users install your app on devices that don't provide the features or system version that your app requires.

A manifest file serves as a roadmap for the program or project, providing important information about the files, resources, and components needed to build and run it. The system also uses a manifest file to determine project build, deployment, and execution. It also identifies project, author and version info.

As part of its metadata, every assembly has a manifest . This describes what is in the assembly, including identification information (name, version, etc.), a list of the types and resources in the assembly, a map to connect public types with the implementing code, and a list of assemblies referenced by this assembly.

In computing, a manifest file is a file containing metadata for a group of accompanying files that are part of a set or coherent unit. For example, the files of a computer program may have a manifest describing the name, version number, license and the constituent files of the program.