react-native-background-geolocation: Failing to build - Manifest merger failed

Your Environment

• Plugin version: 3.0.9
• Platform: Android
• OS version: 9.0
• Device manufacturer / model: Emulated Pixel 3
• React Native version (react-native -v): 0.59.8
• Plugin config

N/A

Expected Behavior

App should build without issues

Actual Behavior

App fails to build with error:

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:processDebugManifest'.
> Manifest merger failed : Attribute application@appComponentFactory value=(android.support.v4.app.CoreComponentFactory) from [com.android.support:support-compat:28.0.0] AndroidManifest.xml:22:18-91
        is also present at [androidx.core:core:1.0.0] AndroidManifest.xml:22:18-86 value=(androidx.core.app.CoreComponentFactory).
        Suggestion: add 'tools:replace="android:appComponentFactory"' to <application> element at AndroidManifest.xml:7:5-117 to override.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Install plugin with yarn
2. link the plugin with the react-native link command
3. Follow the instructions on the linking page for RN <= 0.59
4. build the app with either android studio or the react-native run-android command

Context

Trying to install the plugin and see if the installation has not broken the build

Debug logs

N/A