UnknownException: Error in getting binary resources modified time in Staging build

[chetstone]

Steps to Reproduce

1. Build a staging version of an app with RN 0.70.5 and RN-code-push 7.1.0
2. Push a code-push update to the Staging channel
3. Start the app

Expected Behavior

What you expected to happen?
App loads the new JS version from code-push, ready to install.

Actual Behavior

New JS is not loaded, and the following unhandled exception is shown in the log:

com.microsoft.codepush.react.CodePushUnknownException: Error in getting binary resources modified time

Environment

• react-native-code-push version: 7.1.0
• react-native version: 0.70.5
• iOS/Android/Windows version: Android
• Does this reproduce on a debug build or release build? Staging

This bug was fixed for Release builds by PR #2337, but not for Staging builds. I have created a Staging build by following the suggestions here.

When looking at the gradleResValues.xml file as suggested by @Abbondanzo here, you can see the difference:
.../resValues/release/values/gradleResValues.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>

    <!-- Automatically generated file. DO NOT MODIFY -->

    <!-- Value from build type: release -->
    <integer name="react_native_dev_server_port">8081</integer>
    <!-- Value from build type: release -->
    <integer name="react_native_inspector_proxy_port">8081</integer>
    <!-- Value from build type: release -->
    <string name="CODE_PUSH_APK_BUILD_TIME" translatable="false">"1680407116417"</string>
    <!-- Value from build type: release -->
    <string name="bugsnag_release_stage" translatable="false">production</string>
    <!-- Value from build type: release -->
    <string name="reactNativeCodePush_androidDeploymentKey" translatable="false">"abcxyz"</string>

</resources>

but from
.../resValues/releaseStaging/values/gradleResValues.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
e
    <!-- Automatically generated file. DO NOT MODIFY -->

    <!-- Value from build type: releaseStaging -->
    <integer name="react_native_dev_server_port">8081</integer>
    <!-- Value from build type: releaseStaging -->
    <integer name="react_native_inspector_proxy_port">8081</integer>
    <!-- Value from build type: releaseStaging -->
    <string name="bugsnag_release_stage" translatable="false">staging</string>
    <!-- Value from build type: releaseStaging -->
    <string name="reactNativeCodePush_androidDeploymentKey" translatable="false">"xyzabc"</string>

</resources>

Workaround

Adding the workaround suggested by @Abbondanzo here in my own app/build.gradle fixes the issue.

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[aweichandt-lm]

This is not working for me as well. I had to patch the package to use the applicationVariants instead

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