why does android studio app crash on opening due to no reason?

Question

I have an app that is integrated with firebase, it's a social media app. While trying to test it on my mobile phone via USB Debugging, it always crashes. i have double checked and even triple checked the code, i am so confused. Please Help. This is the error given in the logcat

2021-10-04 20:10:01.741 12207-12207/com.umeino.vibe E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
    Process: com.umeino.vibe, PID: 12207
    java.lang.BootstrapMethodError: Exception from call site #20 bootstrap method
        at com.google.firebase.components.ComponentDiscovery.discoverLazy(ComponentDiscovery.java:112)
        at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.<init>(FirebaseApp.java:418)
        at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.initializeApp(FirebaseApp.java:299)
        at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.initializeApp(FirebaseApp.java:267)
        at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.initializeApp(FirebaseApp.java:252)
        at com.google.firebase.provider.FirebaseInitProvider.onCreate(FirebaseInitProvider.java:51)
        at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:1925)
        at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:1900)
        at com.google.firebase.provider.FirebaseInitProvider.attachInfo(FirebaseInitProvider.java:45)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:6280)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders(ActivityThread.java:5846)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:5763)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap1(Unknown Source:0)
        at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1690)
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:164)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6548)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
        at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:451)
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:888)
     Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Invalid descriptor: Failed to parse initial value.
        at com.google.firebase.components.ComponentDiscovery.discoverLazy(ComponentDiscovery.java:112) 
        at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.<init>(FirebaseApp.java:418) 
        at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.initializeApp(FirebaseApp.java:299) 
        at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.initializeApp(FirebaseApp.java:267) 
        at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.initializeApp(FirebaseApp.java:252) 
        at com.google.firebase.provider.FirebaseInitProvider.onCreate(FirebaseInitProvider.java:51) 
        at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:1925) 
        at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:1900) 
        at com.google.firebase.provider.FirebaseInitProvider.attachInfo(FirebaseInitProvider.java:45) 
        at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:6280) 
        at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders(ActivityThread.java:5846) 
        at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:5763) 
        at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap1(Unknown Source:0) 
        at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1690) 
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106) 
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:164) 
        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6548) 
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
        at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:451) 
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:888)