Невозможно получить поставщика androidx.startup.InitializationProvider ⇐ Android

[Anonymous]

Я пытаюсь запустить проект на устройстве Android 9 и получаю следующую ошибку: «Невозможно получить поставщика androidx.startup.InitializationProvider:».
2020-12-16 15:19:03.075 25234-25234/com.example.phoE/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.example.pho, PID: 25234
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to get provider androidx.startup.InitializationProvider: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "androidx.startup.InitializationProvider" on path: DexPathList[[zip file "/data/appcom.example.pho-Z8JhKzo4aoi5K98ZrK71WQ==/base.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/data/app/com.example.pho-Z8JhKzo4aoi5K98ZrK71WQ==/lib/arm64, /data/app/com.example.pho-Z8JhKzo4aoi5K98ZrK71WQ==/base.apk!/lib/arm64-v8a, /system/lib64, /vendor/lib64]]
at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:6857)
at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders(ActivityThread.java:6399)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:6303)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1300(ActivityThread.java:241)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1819)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:216)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7188)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:494)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:975)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "androidx.startup.InitializationProvider" on path: DexPathList[[zip file "/data/app/com.example.pho-Z8JhKzo4aoi5K98ZrK71WQ==/base.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/data/app/com.example.pho-Z8JhKzo4aoi5K98ZrK71WQ==/lib/arm64, /data/app/com.example.pho-Z8JhKzo4aoi5K98ZrK71WQ==/base.apk!/lib/arm64-v8a, /system/lib64, /vendor/lib64]]
at dalvik.system.BaseDexClassLoader.findClass(BaseDexClassLoader.java:134)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:379)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:312)
at android.app.AppComponentFactory.instantiateProvider(AppComponentFactory.java:121)
at androidx.core.app.CoreComponentFactory.instantiateProvider(CoreComponentFactory.java:67)
at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:6841)
at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders(ActivityThread.java:6399)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:6303)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1300(ActivityThread.java:241)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1819)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:216)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7188)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:494)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:975)

Я попробовал все, что здесь описано, но ничего не работает. Очень признателен, если кто-нибудь сможет мне помочь.
Файл Gradle
buildscript {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
classpath 'com.dicedmelon.gradle:jacoco-android:0.1.4'
}
}

plugins {
id "com.diffplug.gradle.spotless" version "3.16.0"
}

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
apply plugin: 'jacoco-android'
apply plugin: 'realm-android'
apply plugin: "com.github.b3er.local.properties"

def keystorePropertiesFile = rootProject.file("sample_keystore.properties")

def keystoreProperties = new Properties()

def LOCAL_KEY_PRESENT = project.hasProperty('SIGNING_KEY_FILE') && rootProject.file(SIGNING_KEY_FILE).exists()

keystoreProperties.load(new FileInputStream(keystorePropertiesFile))

android {
compileSdkVersion 29
buildToolsVersion "29.0.2"

defaultConfig {
applicationId "org.fossasia.phimpme"
minSdkVersion 21
targetSdkVersion 29
versionCode 14
versionName '1.11.0'
multiDexEnabled true
testInstrumentationRunner 'androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner'
vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true
resConfigs "en"
ndk {
abiFilters 'armeabi-v7a','arm64-v8a','x86','x86_64'
}
renderscriptTargetApi 19
renderscriptSupportModeEnabled true
}

compileOptions {
sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
}

signingConfigs {
if (TRAVIS_BUILD) {
release {
storeFile KEYSTORE_FILE
storePassword System.getenv("STORE_PASS")
keyAlias System.getenv("ALIAS")
keyPassword System.getenv("KEY_PASS")
}
} else if (LOCAL_KEY_PRESENT) {
release {
storeFile rootProject.file(SIGNING_KEY_FILE)
storePassword STORE_PASS
keyAlias ALIAS
keyPassword KEY_PASS
}
}
}

buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled true
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'

if (LOCAL_KEY_PRESENT || TRAVIS_BUILD)
signingConfig signingConfigs.release
}
debug {
testCoverageEnabled false

}
}

packagingOptions {
exclude 'META-INF/maven/org.apache.maven/maven-artifact/pom.xml'
exclude 'licenses/javolution.license.TXT'
exclude 'META-INF/maven/org.apache.maven.wagon/wagon-http-shared/pom.properties'
exclude 'META-INF/maven/*'
exclude 'org/codehaus/classworlds/uberjar/boot/Bootstrapper.class'
}

configurations {
implementation.exclude group: 'org.jetbrains', module: 'annotations'
}

lintOptions {
abortOnError false
disable "Instantiatable"
}

tasks.withType(JavaCompile) {
configure(options) {
// TODO
compilerArgs

Подробнее здесь: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/653 ... onprovider