8.7.0 freezes on splash screen while 8.6.2 does not

[JWiseCoder]

I updated my app, and among other things, it upgraded nativescript/android to 8.7.0. When I ran on Android, the app never got past the splash screen. While debugging this, I discovered if I just set nativescript android back to 8.6.2, everything worked fine, and the app ran normally.

I'd like to upgrade fully, but I can't figure out what change to nativescript/android made this occur.

If I change the implementation used from androidx.core:core-splashscreen to use 1.1.0-rc01 I can get it to work, but why would nativescript/android version affect this?

[NathanWalker]

When possible to share your app.gradle and AndroidManifest would be helpful. It may be just min/target sdk related.

[JWiseCoder]

I can't share that entirely, but both target and compile sdk are 33. And I don't have to update any of that as long as I change to implementation "androidx.core:core-splashscreen:1.1.0-rc01". I'd rather not use an rc in the app, and I don't know when the release is coming.

I was just wondering what in nativescript android made that necessary.