Android 8.0 app crash when built via Phonegap

[SurionAndrew]

So I have read through various issues and tried various solutions, but now its finally time to create an account and ask for help.

I am currently using Phonegap 6.5.0 and desperately trying to get push notifications to work.
below is the debug from logcat when the app crashes. As a note it does work on IOS, I do have a feeling its because ParsePushApplication.java is not called? But I have only been working woth phonegap/cordova for a week or so and am very noob :)

2019-04-26 09:57:57.291 11326-11573/com.phonegap.helloworld E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: pool-1-thread-2
Process: com.phonegap.helloworld, PID: 11326
java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.io.File com.parse.ParsePlugins.getParseDir()' on a null object reference
at com.parse.ParseCorePlugins.getCurrentInstallationController(ParseCorePlugins.java:273)
at com.parse.ParseInstallation.getCurrentInstallationController(ParseInstallation.java:53)
at com.parse.ParseInstallation.getCurrentInstallation(ParseInstallation.java:59)
at github.taivo.parsepushplugin.ParsePushPlugin$1.run(ParsePushPlugin.java:88)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1162)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:636)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:764)

Here is the html

`

<title>Blank App</title> <script type="text/javascript" src="cordova.js"></script>

   <script type="text/javascript">
	 window.onload =  onLoad();

    function onLoad() {
    	document.writeln("Waiting for device ready");
        document.addEventListener("deviceready", onDeviceReady, false);
    }

    // device APIs are available
    //
    function onDeviceReady() 
    {
    	document.writeln("device Ready");
        // Now safe to use device APIs
        // onLoad();
        pushFunctions();
    }
    
	function pushFunctions()
	{
	   if(window.ParsePushPlugin){
	   	 document.writeln("Get installation ID");
	      window.ParsePushPlugin.getInstallationId(function(id) {
	         // note that the javascript client has its own installation id,
	         // which is different from the device installation id.
	         document.writeln("device installationId: " + id);
	          // alert("device installationId: " + id);
	      }, function(e) {
	        //  alert('error');
	          document.writeln("device installationId: error");
	      });
	 
	   }
	   else
	   {
	         document.writeln("window.ParsePushPlugin error");
	   }

	}


   </script>
</body>

` And the accompanying config.xml

`

TEST

A blank PhoneGap app.


PhoneGap Team

<platform name="android">
    <preference name="android-minSdkVersion" value="15" />
    <preference name="android-targetSdkVersion" value="28" />
</platform>

`