firebase-android-sdk: Internal error in Cloud Firestore (21.3.0) Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com.google.firebase.firestore.local.SQLiteSchema

Environment

• Android Studio version 3.4.1
• Firebase Component: Firestore
• Component version: 21.3.1

App Crashing on Logging In for Android Api Level 22 and 23

Internal error in Cloud Firestore (21.3.0) Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com.google.firebase.firestore.local.SQLiteSchema

Relevant Code:

java.lang.RuntimeException: Internal error in Cloud Firestore (21.3.0).
        at com.google.firebase.firestore.util.AsyncQueue.lambda$panic$3(com.google.firebase:firebase-firestore@@21.3.0:529)
        at com.google.firebase.firestore.util.AsyncQueue$$Lambda$3.run(com.google.firebase:firebase-firestore@@21.3.0)
        at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:739)
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:148)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5417)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:726)
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616)
     Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com.google.firebase.firestore.local.SQLiteSchema$$Lambda$7
        at com.google.firebase.firestore.local.SQLiteSchema.ensureSequenceNumbers(com.google.firebase:firebase-firestore@@21.3.0:423)
        at com.google.firebase.firestore.local.SQLiteSchema.runMigrations(com.google.firebase:firebase-firestore@@21.3.0:127)
        at com.google.firebase.firestore.local.SQLiteSchema.runMigrations(com.google.firebase:firebase-firestore@@21.3.0:78)
        at com.google.firebase.firestore.local.SQLitePersistence$OpenHelper.onCreate(com.google.firebase:firebase-firestore@@21.3.0:306)
        at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteOpenHelper.getDatabaseLocked(SQLiteOpenHelper.java:251)
        at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteOpenHelper.getWritableDatabase(SQLiteOpenHelper.java:163)
        at com.google.firebase.firestore.local.SQLitePersistence.start(com.google.firebase:firebase-firestore@@21.3.0:129)
        at com.google.firebase.firestore.core.FirestoreClient.initialize(com.google.firebase:firebase-firestore@@21.3.0:269)
        at com.google.firebase.firestore.core.FirestoreClient.lambda$new$0(com.google.firebase:firebase-firestore@@21.3.0:108)
        at com.google.firebase.firestore.core.FirestoreClient$$Lambda$1.run(com.google.firebase:firebase-firestore@@21.3.0)
        at com.google.firebase.firestore.util.AsyncQueue.lambda$enqueue$2(com.google.firebase:firebase-firestore@@21.3.0:431)
        at com.google.firebase.firestore.util.AsyncQueue$$Lambda$2.call(com.google.firebase:firebase-firestore@@21.3.0)
        at com.google.firebase.firestore.util.AsyncQueue$SynchronizedShutdownAwareExecutor.lambda$executeAndReportResult$1(com.google.firebase:firebase-firestore@@21.3.0:317)
        at com.google.firebase.firestore.util.AsyncQueue$SynchronizedShutdownAwareExecutor$$Lambda$2.run(com.google.firebase:firebase-firestore@@21.3.0)
        at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:423)
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:237)
        at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:269)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1113)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:588)
        at com.google.firebase.firestore.util.AsyncQueue$SynchronizedShutdownAwareExecutor$DelayedStartFactory.run(com.google.firebase:firebase-firestore@@21.3.0:224)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:818)