Android App CRASH when BackgroundGeolocation.start() or BackgroundGeolocation.stop()

Your Environment

Plugin version: 4.12.1
Platform: Android
OS version: Simulator API 34 and phone Android 13 API 33
Device manufacturer / model: Simulator and Pixel
React Native version (react-native -v): 0.71.14

Plugin config

const trackingSessionCnfig = {
  // Geolocation Config
  desiredAccuracy: BackgroundGeolocation.DESIRED_ACCURACY_HIGH,
  distanceFilter: isAvailableTracking ? 250 : meterFromBackEndContext,
  stopTimeout: secFromBackEndContext,
  // heartbeatInterval: 60,//30-min moved to the hearbeet counter above //60 * 30,//android can not be less that 60, ?? iOS ignoring under 60 sec
  // preventSuspend: aggressiveTrackingContext,//iOS needs this to run the BackgroundGeolocation.onHeartbeat above
  // //[Geolocation] iOS Options

  // Application config
  debug: false, // <-- enable this hear sounds for background-geolocation life-cycle.
  logLevel: BackgroundGeolocation.LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE,
  stopOnTerminate: false,
  startOnBoot: true,

  // HTTP / SQLite config
  url: ${URL},
  batchSync: false,       // <-- [Default: false] Set true to sync locations to server in a single HTTP request.
  autoSync: true,         // <-- [Default: true] Set true to sync each location to server as it arrives.
  headers: {              // <-- Optional HTTP headers
    "Accept": "application/json",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Authorization": `Bearer ${userToken}`,
  },
  locationTemplate: '{"lat":<%= latitude %>, "lng":<%= longitude %>, "timestamp": "<%= timestamp %>", "heading": <%= heading %>, "heading_accuracy": <%= heading_accuracy %>, "speed": <%= speed %>, "speed_accuracy": <%= speed_accuracy %>, "is_moving": <%= is_moving %>, "odometer": <%= odometer %>, "altitude": <%= altitude %>, "altitude_accuracy": <%= altitude_accuracy %>, "type_confidence": <%= activity.confidence %>, "type": "<%= activity.type %>", "is_charging": "<%= battery.is_charging %>", "battery_level": <%= battery.level %> }',
  extras: {
    "driver": `${userNameContext.toLowerCase().trim()} ${phoneOS}, ${deliveryMM_order_id}`,
    "title": isAvailableTracking ? "isAvailable ping" : "ping",
    "appver": `${appVersion}`,
    "users_id": `${userIDContext}`,
    "establishment_user_id": `${establishmentIDContext}`,
    "layer": `background`,
    //need to make OS it own pram in BE
    "isAvailableTracking": isAvailableTracking//for scope to the background tasks
  }
}
BackgroundGeolocation.ready(trackingSessionCnfig).then((state) => {
  // YES -- .ready() has now resolved.
  console.log("- barebone is configured and ready: ", state);

  // BackgroundGeolocation.getCurrentPosition(options);
  BackgroundGeolocation.start(function() {
    console.log("- barebone Start success");
    setActiveTrack(true);
  });  
});

Expected Behavior

I should run .start() and have tracking running in the background, and be able to run .stop()

Actual Behavior

On the Simulator App crashes, on the actual phone just completely locks up

Steps to Reproduce

Have a working app
Upgrade to RN 0.71 from an older ver
Start tracking
Android App CRASH

Context

Updating to the latest RN incrementally. And preparing for API 34 compliance on Android. Everything is still working as always on XCODE with some weeks for updates, Android side CRASH.

To work down I already updated the use of which is removed in RN 0.71

// import { AsyncStorage } from "react-native"; // as of RN 0.71 REMOVED
import AsyncStorage from '@react-native-async-storage/async-storage';

and made as as indicated here a bare min start to see if it was react-native-background-geolocation or other code. Some permission or order or something has changed from RN 0.63.4 bump.

I put logs: RIGHT BEFORE BackgroundGeolocation.start() that runs, NESTED IN which depending runs, and RIGHT AFTER which never runs... it is the BackgroundGeolocation.start() where it crashed.

Debug logs

Logs

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transistorsoft / react-native-background-geolocation