[firebase 3.2.x] Android "default FirebaseApp is not initialized"

CLI: 8.6.5
@nativescript/core: 8.6.2
@nativescript/firebase-analytics: 3.2.2
@nativescript/firebase-core: 3.2.2
@nativescript/firebase-crashlytics: 3.2.2
@nativescript/firebase-messaging: 3.2.2

Were there any breaking changes in the latest versions of firebase-core analytics, crashlytics or messaging? After updating from version 3.1.3 to version 3.2.2 or 3.2.0, I get this error on Android devices:
Error: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Default FirebaseApp is not initialized in this process com.myapp.myapp. Make sure to call FirebaseApp.initializeApp(Context) first.

My code, unchanged from the previous version. initializeApp() returns null and the next line throws the exception.

import { firebase } from "@nativescript/firebase-core";
import "@nativescript/firebase-analytics";
import "@nativescript/firebase-crashlytics";
import "@nativescript/firebase-messaging";

export async function initFirebase() {
    const app = await firebase().initializeApp();
    // app is null

    firebase().crashlytics().setCrashlyticsCollectionEnabled(true);
}

Downgrading to version 3.1.3 all works fine.

Start with the initFirebase function and compare Firebase Core Android initialization between versions 3.1.3 and 3.2.2. Reproduce the issue with the listed NativeScript and Firebase package versions, then verify that initializeApp() no longer returns null and the subsequent Crashlytics call succeeds on Android.