diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index c8f7fd44..ec5eb709 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -15,7 +15,28 @@ def safeExtGet(prop, fallback) {
     rootProject.ext.has(prop) ? rootProject.ext.get(prop) : fallback
 }
 
+def supportsNamespace() {
+  def parsed = com.android.Version.ANDROID_GRADLE_PLUGIN_VERSION.tokenize('.')
+  def major = parsed[0].toInteger()
+  def minor = parsed[1].toInteger()
+
+  // Namespace support was added in 7.3.0
+  if (major == 7 && minor >= 3) {
+    return true
+  }
+
+  return major >= 8
+}
+
 android {
+    if(supportsNamespace()){
+        namespace = "com.reactnativecommunity.webview"
+        sourceSets {
+            main {
+                    manifest.srcFile "src/main/AndroidManifestNew.xml"
+                }
+            }
+    }
     compileSdkVersion rootProject.ext.compileSdkVersion
 
     defaultConfig {
diff --git a/android/src/main/AndroidManifestNew.xml b/android/src/main/AndroidManifestNew.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..12d7c746
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/src/main/AndroidManifestNew.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    package="com.lugg.RNCConfig">
+</manifest>