Failed to parse XML in Android Manifest after update - android-studio

Question

I have an app I was working on a few months ago. Today I opened it again in Android Studio 3.4 and when syncing it asked if OK to upgrade to the current version of Gradle and the Gradle plug-in. I agreed and I now get an XML parsing error in the manifest.
The manifest is here, I added a comment to signal where I get the error:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.schalkx.alarmapp01">
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:roundIcon="#mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="#style/Theme.AppCompat">
<activity android:name=".MainActivity">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity android:name=".SetAlarmActivity">
android:label="Alarm Settings"
android:parentActivityName=".MainActivity" <!-- *** I GET THE ERROR HERE *** -->
<!-- Parent activity meta-data to support 4.0 and lower -->
<meta-data
android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY"
android:value=".MainActivity" />
</activity>
<activity android:name=".ShowClockActivity">
android:label="Desktop Clock"</activity>
<receiver android:name=".AlarmReceiver" />
<activity
android:name=".UserResponseActivity"
android:label="#string/title_activity_user_response" />
<meta-data
android:name="preloaded_fonts"
android:resource="#array/preloaded_fonts" />
</application>
</manifest>
I did some tests adding a new activity and I noticed that the syntax is now generated a bit differently, and would start like this:
<activity
android:name=".SetAlarmActivity"
android:label="Alarm Settings"
android:parentActivityName=".MainActivity"
....
That is, the ">" is not added at the end of
<activity android:name=".SetAlarmActivity">
but later on. Trouble is I haven't been able to get the syntax right.
Any ideas what's wrong?
Thanks!

Answer 1

It should be
<activity android:name=".SetAlarmActivity"
android:label="Alarm Settings"
android:parentActivityName=".MainActivity"> //<--Notice
Instead of
<activity android:name=".SetAlarmActivity"> //<--Notice
android:label="Alarm Settings"
android:parentActivityName=".MainActivity"