Google Play Core (com.google.android.play ) has added a note for SDK version 1.8.3:

“Update your Play Core Maven dependency to an Android 14 compatible version! Your current Play Core library is incompatible with targetSdkVersion 34 (Android 14), which introduces a backwards-incompatible change to broadcast receivers to improve user security. As a reminder, from August 31, Google Play requires all new app releases to target Android 14. Update to the latest Play Core library version dependency to avoid app crashes: Overview of the Google Play Core libraries  |  Android Developers

Starting October 10, 2024, at 12:00 a.m. (UTC), you will not be able to release new versions of your app containing this SDK version for production or open testing.

Looking for guidance on updating our Play Core dependency to ensure compatibility with Android 14. Any help or pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Config.xml:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<widget
        id="app.default.id"
        version="1.08.985"
	xmlns="http://www.w3.org/ns/widgets"
	xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
	xmlns:cdv="http://cordova.apache.org/ns/1.0">
	<name>Default App</name>
	<description>
        Official application
    </description>
	<author href="https://default.com" email="support@default.com">
        Default Company
    </author>
	<content src="index.html" />
	<access origin="*" />
	<icon src="www/icon/default.png"/>
	<preference name="AndroidXEnabled" value="true" />
	<preference name="Fullscreen" value="false" />
	<preference name="android-minSdkVersion" value="22" />
	<preference name="orientation" value="portrait" />
	<preference name="hostname" value="api.default.com" />
	<plugin name="cordova-plugin-firebasex" spec="16.5.0" />
	<edit-config file="app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml" mode="merge" target="/manifest/application/activity">
		<application android:exported="true" />
	</edit-config>
	<config-file target="AndroidManifest.xml" parent="/*">
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS" />
    </config-file>
	<preference name="FadeSplashScreenDuration" value="0"/>
	<plugin name="cordova-plugin-inappbrowser" version="*" />
	<plugin name="cordova-plugin-inapp-review"  version="*"/>
	<plugin name="cordova-plugin-device" version="*" />
	<plugin name="cordova-plugin-statusbar" spec="4.0.0" />
	<plugin name="cordova-plugin-androidx-adapter" />
	<plugin name="phonegap-plugin-barcodescanner-android12" />
	<preference name="AndroidLaunchMode" value="singleInstance"/>
	<preference name="AndroidWindowSplashScreenAnimatedIcon" value="resources/Splash Screen Default.png" />
	<plugin name="cordova-plugin-fingerprint-aio" version="6.0.0"/>
	<plugin name="cordova-clipboard" version="*"/>
	<plugin name="cordova-plugin-cleartext"/>
    <engine name="android" spec="13.0.0" />
 	<allow-intent href="http://*/*"/>
	<allow-intent href="https://*/*"/>
	<allow-navigation href="*://*youtube.com"/>
	<allow-navigation href="*://*default.com"/>
	<preference name="android-targetSdkVersion" value="34" />
</widget>

Would you be able to share a build log as well?

    package.json:
--- Start of Cordova JSON Snippet ---
{
  "platforms": [
    "android"
  ],
  "plugins": {
    "cordova-plugin-firebasex": {
      "FIREBASE_ANALYTICS_COLLECTION_ENABLED": "true",
      "FIREBASE_PERFORMANCE_COLLECTION_ENABLED": "true",
      "FIREBASE_CRASHLYTICS_COLLECTION_ENABLED": "true",
      "FIREBASE_FCM_AUTOINIT_ENABLED": "true",
      "FIREBASE_ANALYTICS_WITHOUT_ADS": "false",
      "GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_ADID_COLLECTION_ENABLED": "true",
      "GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_DEFAULT_ALLOW_ANALYTICS_STORAGE": "true",
      "GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_DEFAULT_ALLOW_AD_STORAGE": "true",
      "GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_DEFAULT_ALLOW_AD_USER_DATA": "true",
      "GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_DEFAULT_ALLOW_AD_PERSONALIZATION_SIGNALS": "true",
      "ANDROID_ICON_ACCENT": "#FF00FFFF",
      "ANDROID_FIREBASE_PERFORMANCE_MONITORING": "false",
      "ANDROID_PLAY_SERVICES_TAGMANAGER_VERSION": "18.0.4",
      "ANDROID_PLAY_SERVICES_AUTH_VERSION": "20.7.0",
      "ANDROID_FIREBASE_ANALYTICS_VERSION": "21.6.2",
      "ANDROID_FIREBASE_MESSAGING_VERSION": "23.4.1",
      "ANDROID_FIREBASE_CONFIG_VERSION": "21.6.3",
      "ANDROID_FIREBASE_PERF_VERSION": "20.5.2",
      "ANDROID_FIREBASE_AUTH_VERSION": "22.3.1",
      "ANDROID_FIREBASE_INAPPMESSAGING_VERSION": "20.4.2",
      "ANDROID_FIREBASE_FIRESTORE_VERSION": "24.11.1",
      "ANDROID_FIREBASE_FUNCTIONS_VERSION": "20.4.0",
      "ANDROID_FIREBASE_IID_VERSION": "21.1.0",
      "ANDROID_FIREBASE_INSTALLATIONS_VERSION": "17.2.0",
      "ANDROID_FIREBASE_CRASHLYTICS_VERSION": "18.6.4",
      "ANDROID_FIREBASE_CRASHLYTICS_NDK_VERSION": "18.6.4",
      "ANDROID_GSON_VERSION": "2.9.0",
      "ANDROID_FIREBASE_PERF_GRADLE_PLUGIN_VERSION": "1.4.2",
      "ANDROID_GRPC_OKHTTP": "1.46.0"
    },
    "cordova-plugin-inappbrowser": {},
    "cordova-plugin-inapp-review": {
      "ANDROID_PLAY_CORE_VERSION": "1.8.+"
    },
    "cordova-plugin-device": {},
    "cordova-plugin-statusbar": {},
    "cordova-plugin-androidx-adapter": {},
    "phonegap-plugin-barcodescanner-android12": {
      "ANDROID_SUPPORT_V4_VERSION": "27.+"
    },
    "cordova-plugin-fingerprint-aio": {},
    "cordova-clipboard": {},
    "cordova-plugin-cleartext": {}
  }
}
--- End of Cordova JSON Snippet ---


2024-07-11 14:03:03,278 - Output: cordova-plugin-androidx-adapter: Processed 39 source files in 715ms
cordova-plugin-firebasex: Preparing Firebase on Android
Checking Java JDK and Android SDK versions
ANDROID_HOME=/opt/android-sdk (recommended setting)
ANDROID_SDK_ROOT=/opt/android-sdk (DEPRECATED)
Using Android SDK: /opt/android-sdk
Reading build config file: /build.json
Reading the keystore from: /certificates/PAI SERVICE.keystore
Starting a Gradle Daemon, 4 incompatible Daemons could not be reused, use --status for details
> Task :wrapper

BUILD SUCCESSFUL in 5s
1 actionable task: 1 executed
Subproject Path: CordovaLib
Subproject Path: app
Starting a Gradle Daemon, 1 incompatible Daemon could not be reused, use --status for details

> Configure project :app
WARNING: Using flatDir should be avoided because it doesn't support any meta-data formats.
strippedNativeLibsDir is deprecated and no longer used. Please remove it from your build configuration.

> Task :app:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
> Task :app:preReleaseBuild UP-TO-DATE
> Task :app:generateReleaseResValues
> Task :app:injectCrashlyticsMappingFileIdRelease
> Task :app:processReleaseGoogleServices
> Task :CordovaLib:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
> Task :CordovaLib:preReleaseBuild UP-TO-DATE
> Task :CordovaLib:generateReleaseResValues
> Task :CordovaLib:generateReleaseResources
> Task :CordovaLib:packageReleaseResources
> Task :app:mapReleaseSourceSetPaths
> Task :app:generateReleaseResources
> Task :app:createReleaseCompatibleScreenManifests
> Task :app:extractDeepLinksRelease
> Task :CordovaLib:extractDeepLinksRelease
> Task :app:packageReleaseResources
> Task :CordovaLib:writeReleaseAarMetadata
> Task :CordovaLib:processReleaseManifest
> Task :app:parseReleaseLocalResources
> Task :app:checkReleaseAarMetadata
> Task :app:processReleaseMainManifest
> Task :app:processReleaseManifest
> Task :app:processApplicationManifestReleaseForBundle
> Task :app:processReleaseManifestForPackage
> Task :CordovaLib:compileReleaseLibraryResources
> Task :CordovaLib:parseReleaseLocalResources
> Task :app:extractReleaseVersionControlInfo
> Task :CordovaLib:javaPreCompileRelease
> Task :CordovaLib:generateReleaseRFile
> Task :app:mergeReleaseResources
> Task :app:checkReleaseDuplicateClasses
> Task :app:processReleaseResources

> Task :CordovaLib:compileReleaseJavaWithJavac
Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.

> Task :app:generateReleaseBuildConfig
> Task :app:javaPreCompileRelease
> Task :CordovaLib:bundleLibRuntimeToJarRelease
> Task :CordovaLib:bundleLibCompileToJarRelease
> Task :app:bundleReleaseResources
> Task :app:desugarReleaseFileDependencies

> Task :app:compileReleaseJavaWithJavac
Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.
Note: /platforms/android/app/src/main/java/org/apache/cordova/firebase/FirebasePlugin.java uses unchecked or unsafe operations.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.

> Task :app:dexBuilderRelease
> Task :app:mergeExtDexRelease
> Task :app:mergeReleaseShaders
> Task :app:compileReleaseShaders NO-SOURCE
> Task :app:generateReleaseAssets UP-TO-DATE
> Task :CordovaLib:mergeReleaseShaders
> Task :CordovaLib:compileReleaseShaders NO-SOURCE
> Task :CordovaLib:generateReleaseAssets UP-TO-DATE
> Task :CordovaLib:packageReleaseAssets
> Task :app:mergeReleaseAssets
> Task :app:processReleaseJavaRes NO-SOURCE
> Task :CordovaLib:processReleaseJavaRes
> Task :app:mergeReleaseGlobalSynthetics
> Task :app:mergeReleaseJniLibFolders
> Task :CordovaLib:mergeReleaseJniLibFolders
> Task :CordovaLib:mergeReleaseNativeLibs NO-SOURCE
> Task :app:writeReleaseAppMetadata
> Task :CordovaLib:prepareReleaseArtProfile
> Task :CordovaLib:copyReleaseJniLibsProjectOnly
> Task :app:mergeReleaseArtProfile
> Task :app:mergeReleaseNativeLibs
> Task :app:collectReleaseDependencies
> Task :app:configureReleaseDependencies
> Task :app:parseReleaseIntegrityConfig
> Task :app:validateSigningRelease

> Task :app:stripReleaseDebugSymbols
Unable to strip the following libraries, packaging them as they are: libcrashlytics-common.so, libcrashlytics-handler.so, libcrashlytics-trampoline.so, libcrashlytics.so.

> Task :app:extractReleaseNativeSymbolTables
> Task :app:mergeReleaseJavaResource
> Task :app:mergeDexRelease
> Task :app:buildReleasePreBundle
> Task :app:compileReleaseArtProfile
> Task :app:packageReleaseBundle
> Task :app:signReleaseBundle
> Task :app:produceReleaseBundleIdeListingFile
> Task :app:createReleaseBundleListingFileRedirect
> Task :app:bundleRelease

Deprecated Gradle features were used in this build, making it incompatible with Gradle 9.0.

You can use '--warning-mode all' to show the individual deprecation warnings and determine if they come from your own scripts or plugins.

For more on this, please refer to https://docs.gradle.org/8.7/userguide/command_line_interface.html#sec:command_line_warnings in the Gradle documentation.

BUILD SUCCESSFUL in 1m 50s
65 actionable tasks: 65 executed
Built the following bundle(s): 
	/platforms/android/app/build/outputs/bundle/release/app-release.aab

2024-07-11 14:03:03,333 - PERFORMANCE: Elapsed: 141.11
2024-07-11 14:03:03,334 - NAME: PAI
2024-07-11 14:03:03,339 - Uploading android.release.aab...
2024-07-11 14:03:04,075 - Uploading build.json...
2024-07-11 14:03:04,121 - Uploading config.xml...
2024-07-11 14:03:04,164 - Uploading android.release.png...
2024-07-11 14:03:04,196 - Uploading package.json...
2024-07-11 14:03:04,217 - Uploading voltbuilder.json...
2024-07-11 14:03:04,245 - Uploading google-services.json...
2024-07-11 14:03:04,271 - Uploading package-lock.json...
2024-07-11 14:03:04,294 - Uploading voltbuilder.log...```

The problem appears to be this plugin.

Thanks, I’ll try that and let you know.

The problem was exactly that; it has already been solved. Thank you.