Expo App crashes in production

My expo app worked perfectly on local android and ios simulators. Therefore, I published my app to the google play store, but it instantly crashed when i open it there. The crash bug report in google play console said this:
Exception java.lang.AssertionError: APK bundle must contain the expected embedded asset index.android.bundle
at expo.modules.updates.loader.EmbeddedLoader.loadAsset (EmbeddedLoader.kt:85)
at expo.modules.updates.loader.Loader.downloadAllAssets (Loader.kt:226)
at expo.modules.updates.loader.Loader.processUpdateManifest (Loader.kt:189)
at expo.modules.updates.loader.Loader.access$processUpdateManifest (Loader.kt:18)
at expo.modules.updates.loader.Loader$start$1.onSuccess (Loader.kt:101)
at expo.modules.updates.loader.EmbeddedLoader.loadManifest (EmbeddedLoader.kt:58)
at expo.modules.updates.loader.Loader.start (Loader.kt:91)
at expo.modules.updates.loader.LoaderTask.launchFallbackUpdateFromDisk (LoaderTask.kt:242)
at expo.modules.updates.loader.LoaderTask.start (LoaderTask.kt:99)
at expo.modules.updates.UpdatesController.start (UpdatesController.kt:290)
at expo.modules.updates.UpdatesController$Companion.initialize (UpdatesController.kt:464)
at expo.modules.updates.UpdatesPackage$createReactNativeHostHandlers$handler$1.onWillCreateReactInstanceManager (UpdatesPackage.kt:41)
at expo.modules.ReactNativeHostWrapperBase.createReactInstanceManager (ReactNativeHostWrapperBase.kt:27)
at com.facebook.react.ReactNativeHost.getReactInstanceManager (ReactNativeHost.java:42)
at com.arnav_123.lbnapp_new.MainApplication.onCreate (MainApplication.java:66)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callApplicationOnCreate (Instrumentation.java:1211)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication (ActivityThread.java:7506)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1600 (ActivityThread.java:310)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage (ActivityThread.java:2281)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage (Handler.java:106)
at android.os.Looper.loopOnce (Looper.java:226)
at android.os.Looper.loop (Looper.java:313)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main (ActivityThread.java:8669)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run (RuntimeInit.java:571)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main (ZygoteInit.java:1135)

Environment info:
expo-env-info 1.0.5 environment info:
System:
OS: macOS 12.0.1
Shell: 5.8 - /bin/zsh
Binaries:
Node: 16.17.0 - /usr/local/bin/node
Yarn: 1.22.19 - /usr/local/bin/bin/yarn
npm: 9.1.2 - ~/lbnapp_new/node_modules/.bin/npm
Managers:
CocoaPods: 1.11.3 - /usr/local/bin/pod
SDKs:
iOS SDK:
Platforms: DriverKit 21.4, iOS 15.5, macOS 12.3, tvOS 15.4, watchOS 8.5
IDEs:
Android Studio: 2021.3 AI-213.7172.25.2113.9123335
Xcode: 13.4.1/13F100 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
npmPackages:
@expo/webpack-config: ^0.17.0 => 0.17.3
expo: ^46.0.16 => 46.0.17
react: 18.0.0 => 18.0.0
react-dom: 18.0.0 => 18.0.0
react-native: 0.69.6 => 0.69.6
react-native-web: ~0.18.7 => 0.18.10
npmGlobalPackages:
eas-cli: 2.8.0
expo-cli: 6.0.8
Expo Workflow: bare

Im truly at a loss, any help would be appreciated

hi there! please refer to this guide and provide the information from the “How to ask a good question” section at the bottom if you are still stuck: Troubleshooting build errors and crashes - Expo Documentation

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