APK stops after try to open in Android 4.4.4

Hello, after ionic cordova emulate android my apk was built successfully. Then I sent it to my Android ./adb install -r debug-app.apk. But after that, when I click to open myApp, a message appears “The MyApp stopped”.

Example:

> ionic-app-scripts build --prod --target cordova --platform android
[16:43:47]  ionic-app-scripts 3.1.9 
[16:43:47]  build prod started ... 
[16:43:47]  clean started ... 
[16:43:47]  clean finished in 4 ms 
[16:43:47]  copy started ... 
[16:43:47]  copy finished in 112 ms 
[16:43:47]  deeplinks started ... 
[16:43:47]  deeplinks finished in 411 ms 
[16:43:47]  ngc started ... 
[16:44:05]  ngc finished in 17.84 s 
[16:44:05]  preprocess started ... 
[16:44:05]  preprocess finished in less than 1 ms 
[16:44:05]  webpack started ... 
[16:46:31]  webpack finished in 146.12 s 
[16:46:31]  uglify started ... 
[16:46:31]  sass started ... 
Without `from` option PostCSS could generate wrong source map and will not find Browserslist config. Set it to CSS file path or to `undefined` to prevent this warning.
[16:46:33]  sass finished in 1.54 s 
[16:46:33]  cleancss started ... 
[16:46:36]  cleancss finished in 2.79 s 
[16:47:16]  uglify finished in 45.12 s 
[16:47:16]  postprocess started ... 
[16:47:16]  postprocess finished in 35 ms 
[16:47:16]  lint started ... 
[16:47:16]  build prod finished in 209.71 s 
[16:47:21]  lint finished in 4.44 s 
> cordova build android
Android Studio project detected
Preparing Firebase on Android
ANDROID_HOME=/opt/android-studio
JAVA_HOME=/opt/jdk
studio
Subproject Path: CordovaLib
Subproject Path: app
publishNonDefault is deprecated and has no effect anymore. All variants are now published.
Configuration 'compile' in project ':app' is deprecated. Use 'implementation' instead.
The Task.leftShift(Closure) method has been deprecated and is scheduled to be removed in Gradle 5.0. Please use Task.doLast(Action) instead.
	at build_780u3077cn02lc80rzxvnren2.run(/home/rodrigo/Projetos/MyApp/ionic/MyApp/platforms/android/app/build.gradle:144)
:CordovaLib:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:preDebugBuild UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:compileDebugAidl UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:compileDebugRenderscript UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:checkDebugManifest UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:generateDebugBuildConfig UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:prepareLintJar UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:generateDebugResValues UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:generateDebugResources UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:packageDebugResources UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:platformAttrExtractor UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:processDebugManifest UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:processDebugResources UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:generateDebugSources UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:javaPreCompileDebug UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:compileDebugJavaWithJavac UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:processDebugJavaRes NO-SOURCE
:CordovaLib:transformClassesAndResourcesWithPrepareIntermediateJarsForDebug UP-TO-DATE
:app:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
:app:preDebugBuild UP-TO-DATE
:app:compileDebugAidl UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:packageDebugRenderscript NO-SOURCE
:app:compileDebugRenderscript UP-TO-DATE
:app:checkDebugManifest UP-TO-DATE
:app:generateDebugBuildConfig UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareLintJar UP-TO-DATE
:app:generateDebugResValues UP-TO-DATE
:app:generateDebugResources UP-TO-DATE
:app:mergeDebugResources UP-TO-DATE
:app:createDebugCompatibleScreenManifests UP-TO-DATE
:app:processDebugManifest UP-TO-DATE
:app:splitsDiscoveryTaskDebug UP-TO-DATE
:app:processDebugResources UP-TO-DATE
:app:generateDebugSources UP-TO-DATE
:app:javaPreCompileDebug UP-TO-DATE
:app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac UP-TO-DATE
:app:compileDebugNdk NO-SOURCE
:app:compileDebugSources UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:mergeDebugShaders UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:compileDebugShaders UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:generateDebugAssets UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:mergeDebugAssets UP-TO-DATE
:app:mergeDebugShaders UP-TO-DATE
:app:compileDebugShaders UP-TO-DATE
:app:generateDebugAssets UP-TO-DATE
:app:mergeDebugAssets
:app:transformClassesWithStackFramesFixerForDebug UP-TO-DATE
:app:transformClassesWithDesugarForDebug UP-TO-DATE
:app:transformClassesWithDexBuilderForDebug UP-TO-DATE
:app:transformDexArchiveWithExternalLibsDexMergerForDebug UP-TO-DATE
:app:transformDexArchiveWithDexMergerForDebug UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:compileDebugNdk NO-SOURCE
:CordovaLib:mergeDebugJniLibFolders UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:transformNativeLibsWithMergeJniLibsForDebug UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:transformNativeLibsWithIntermediateJniLibsForDebug UP-TO-DATE
:app:mergeDebugJniLibFolders UP-TO-DATE
:app:transformNativeLibsWithMergeJniLibsForDebug UP-TO-DATE
:app:processDebugJavaRes NO-SOURCE
:app:transformResourcesWithMergeJavaResForDebug UP-TO-DATE
:app:validateSigningDebug
:app:packageDebug
:app:assembleDebug
:app:cdvBuildDebug

BUILD SUCCESSFUL in 8s
46 actionable tasks: 3 executed, 43 up-to-date
Built the following apk(s): 
	/home/rodrigo/Projetos/MyApp/ionic/MyApp/platforms/android/app/build/outputs/apk/debug/app-debug.apk

Without a log, I ran ./adb logcat *:E and the result was:

E/dalvikvm( 7080): >>>>> Normal User
E/dalvikvm( 7080): >>>>> myapp.com.br [ userId:0 | appId:10122 ]
E/OpenGLRenderer( 1207): SFEffectCache:clear(), mSize = 0
E/AndroidRuntime( 7080): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
E/AndroidRuntime( 7080): Process: myapp.com.br, PID: 7080
E/AndroidRuntime( 7080): java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
E/AndroidRuntime( 7080): 	at com.google.firebase.perf.metrics.Trace.start(Unknown Source)
E/AndroidRuntime( 7080): 	at com.google.android.gms.internal.firebase-perf.zze.onActivityStarted(Unknown Source)
E/AndroidRuntime( 7080): 	at android.app.Application.dispatchActivityStarted(Application.java:219)
E/AndroidRuntime( 7080): 	at android.app.Activity.onStart(Activity.java:1080)
E/AndroidRuntime( 7080): 	at org.apache.cordova.CordovaActivity.onStart(CordovaActivity.java:297)
E/AndroidRuntime( 7080): 	at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnStart(Instrumentation.java:1178)
E/AndroidRuntime( 7080): 	at android.app.Activity.performStart(Activity.java:5311)
E/AndroidRuntime( 7080): 	at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2292)
E/AndroidRuntime( 7080): 	at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2370)
E/AndroidRuntime( 7080): 	at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:155)
E/AndroidRuntime( 7080): 	at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1243)
E/AndroidRuntime( 7080): 	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
E/AndroidRuntime( 7080): 	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
E/AndroidRuntime( 7080): 	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5426)
E/AndroidRuntime( 7080): 	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
E/AndroidRuntime( 7080): 	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
E/AndroidRuntime( 7080): 	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1268)
E/AndroidRuntime( 7080): 	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1084)
E/AndroidRuntime( 7080): 	at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
E/AndroidRuntime( 7080): Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Default FirebaseApp is not initialized in this process myapp.com.br. Make sure to call FirebaseApp.initializeApp(Context) first.
E/AndroidRuntime( 7080): 	at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.getInstance(com.google.firebase:firebase-common@@16.0.1:219)
E/AndroidRuntime( 7080): 	at com.google.android.gms.internal.firebase-perf.zzw.<init>(Unknown Source)
E/AndroidRuntime( 7080): 	at com.google.android.gms.internal.firebase-perf.zzw.<clinit>(Unknown Source)
E/AndroidRuntime( 7080): 	... 19 more
E/android.os.Debug(  736): !@Dumpstate > sdumpstate -k -t -z -d -m 7080 -o /data/log/dumpstate_app_error
E/Watchdog(  736): !@Sync 20
E/SMD     (  242): DCD OFF

What’s wrong? The app runs fine on emulator, and the apk was built with no errors. I am using Android 4.4.4 (Samsung Galaxy Gran Prime 4G).

Suggestions?

$ ionic info
✔ Gathering environment info - done!

Ionic:

   ionic (Ionic CLI)  : 4.1.1 (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/ionic)
   Ionic Framework    : ionic-angular 3.9.2
   @ionic/app-scripts : 3.1.9

Cordova:

   cordova (Cordova CLI) : 8.0.0
   Cordova Platforms     : android 7.0.0
   Cordova Plugins       : cordova-plugin-ionic-keyboard 2.1.2, cordova-plugin-ionic-webview 1.2.1, (and 5 other plugins)

System:

   NodeJS : v8.10.0 (/usr/bin/node)
   npm    : 6.1.0
   OS     : Linux 4.15
$ ionic cordova plugin ls
> cordova plugin ls
com-badrit-base64 0.2.0 "Base64"
cordova-plugin-device 2.0.2 "Device"
cordova-plugin-firebase 1.1.2 "Google Firebase Plugin"
cordova-plugin-ionic-keyboard 2.1.2 "cordova-plugin-ionic-keyboard"
cordova-plugin-ionic-webview 1.2.1 "cordova-plugin-ionic-webview"
cordova-plugin-network-information 2.0.1 "Network Information"
cordova-plugin-splashscreen 5.0.2 "Splashscreen"
cordova-plugin-whitelist 1.3.3 "Whitelist"

Note: when I make use firebase in Ionic, is necessary to install either npm install firebase angularfire2 --save or ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-firebase && npm install --save @ionic-native/firebase? If I execute both commands, could have some conflict?

Old, update it.

Your Cordova tooling seems to be out of date, which might be causing all kinds of problems.
You can read about how to figure out the current Cordova versions and how to update CLI, platforms and plugins here: How to update Cordova CLI, Platforms and Plugins · ionic.zone