Question Firebase Issue in Unity Android Build

I've created an app that dynamically generates data from Firebase, and while it works perfectly fine in the Unity Player, its not while testing it on an Android device.
I suspect the root of the issue might be within the Gradle setup, an area I'm not very experienced with.
I am using unity 2022, Gradle 7.2, all the necessary firebase sdks are imported.

This is the script to initialize firebase. Please advise.

using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.UI;
using Firebase;
using Firebase.Database;
using Firebase.Extensions;
using UnityEngine.Networking;
using System.Collections;
using UnityEngine.SceneManagement;

public class StoreButtonManager : MonoBehaviour
{
public GameObject storeButtonPrefab;
public Transform buttonParent;
private DatabaseReference databaseReference;

private void Awake()
{
FirebaseApp.CheckAndFixDependenciesAsync().ContinueWithOnMainThread(task =>
{
if (task.Exception != null)
{
Debug.LogError($"Failed to initialize Firebase with {task.Exception}");
return;
}

databaseReference = FirebaseDatabase.DefaultInstance.RootReference;

FetchStoreData();
});
}

private void FetchStoreData()
{
databaseReference.Child("Stores").GetValueAsync().ContinueWithOnMainThread(task =>
{
if (task.Exception != null)
{
Debug.LogError($"Failed to fetch store data with {task.Exception}");
return;
}

foreach (var storeSnapshot in task.Result.Children)
{
CreateStoreButton(storeSnapshot);
}
});
}

private void CreateStoreButton(DataSnapshot storeSnapshot)
{
GameObject newButton = Instantiate(storeButtonPrefab, buttonParent);
Text buttonText = newButton.GetComponentInChildren<Text>();
buttonText.text = storeSnapshot.Child("StoreName").Value.ToString();

Button buttonComponent = newButton.GetComponent<Button>();
buttonComponent.onClick.AddListener(() => LoadStoreLandingPage(storeSnapshot));

// Fetch and set the store button sprite
string storeImageURL = storeSnapshot.Child("StoreImage").Value.ToString();
StartCoroutine(LoadImage(storeImageURL, newButton.GetComponent<Image>()));
}

private IEnumerator LoadImage(string url, Image targetImage)
{
using (UnityWebRequest request = UnityWebRequestTexture.GetTexture(url))
{
yield return request.SendWebRequest();

if (request.result == UnityWebRequest.Result.Success)
{
Texture2D texture = DownloadHandlerTexture.GetContent(request);
targetImage.sprite = Sprite.Create(texture, new Rect(0, 0, texture.width, texture.height), Vector2.one * 0.5f);
}
}
}

private void LoadStoreLandingPage(DataSnapshot storeSnapshot)
{
string landingPageUrl = storeSnapshot.Child("StoreLandingPage").Value.ToString();

int targetSceneIndex = 2; // Assuming "02_StoreLandingPage" has a build index of 2

if (targetSceneIndex >= 0 && targetSceneIndex < SceneManager.sceneCountInBuildSettings)
{
PlayerPrefs.SetString("LandingPageURL", landingPageUrl); // Pass the landing page URL

// Set the selected store's key for the next scene
PlayerPrefs.SetString("SelectedStoreKey", storeSnapshot.Key);

SceneManager.LoadScene(targetSceneIndex);
}
else
{
Debug.LogError("Scene index " + targetSceneIndex + " is out of range.");
}
}
}

 

Please describe how the behaviors differ in Unity and Android in terms of what occurs and what is logged.

 

The app is working fine in the unity player and its fetching the data dynamically from firebase without any error. On android it does not, just a blank screen. I am getting an "SMPTE ST 2094-40" error from the logcat