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Android IncompatibleClassChangeError and Fatal Exception: java.lang.VerifyError
I got the following error after updating the app to play store, I didn't get the error but from the firebase crashlytics i found the following crash issue, so please let me know what i have to do or i require downgrade to older version now? or required to add following line?
-keep class androidx.core.app.* { ; }

If I add the above line then is it best practice to do that? Is it secure?
My Error are following :
Fatal Exception: java.lang.IncompatibleClassChangeError: Superclass...