Couldn't find meta-data for provider with authority me.kariot.invoicegenerator.provider

[ClaudioFonsecaa]

I'm getting this error ->

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Couldn't find meta-data for provider with authority me.kariot.invoicegenerator.provider at androidx.core.content.FileProvider.getFileProviderPathsMetaData(FileProvider.java:688) at androidx.core.content.FileProvider.parsePathStrategy(FileProvider.java:719) at androidx.core.content.FileProvider.getPathStrategy(FileProvider.java:669) at androidx.core.content.FileProvider.getUriForFile(FileProvider.java:451) at me.kariot.invoicegenerator.utils.InvoiceGenerator.generatePDF(InvoiceGenerator.kt:132)

On my manifest file, I have this part related to the file provider ->

<provider
            android:name="androidx.core.content.FileProvider"
            android:authorities="${applicationId}.provider"
            android:exported="false"
            android:grantUriPermissions="true">
            <meta-data
                android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS"
                android:resource="@xml/provider_paths" />
 </provider>

And I created this file at res/xml with the provider paths ->

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<paths xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <external-path name="external_files" path="."/>
</paths>

It seems all correct, any ideas? My compileSdk is 34 btw