I am using Nativescript 8.4 and I am trying to launch an application that does a very specific task. The following code works correctly on Android 8 and 9 but not on version 12:

My AndroidManifest.xml sets the intent-filter with the correct permissions (at least for Android 8 and 9)

    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
        <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
    </intent-filter>

Here is the code that successfully launches the App for Android 8 and 9 but not on Android 12:

  private launchApp() {
    const cntxt = Utils.android.getApplicationContext();
    const pm = cntxt.getPackageManager();
    const packageName = "com.vms.android.theAppThtatIamTryingToInterface";
    let intent = pm.getLaunchIntentForPackage(packageName);
    if (intent){ // Add extra data 
        // works on Android 8 and 9 but not on 12
      intent.addFlags(android.content.Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_REORDER_TO_FRONT);
      intent.setAction(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);
      intent.putExtra("mode", 0); //start dex mode         
      console.log('Before starting intent');
      intent.putExtra("android.intent.extra.TEXT", this.getTransaction());
      context.startActivity(intent);
    }else{
        console.log("Intent could not be created for", packageName);
    }
  }

The call to pm.getLaunchIntentForPackage(packageName) returns null on Android 12 but correctly returns the intent for Android 8 and 9

What am I missing?

I have tried getting the context from Utils.android.getApplicationContext() instead of the applicationModule.android.context but that did not work.

Additionally, I changed app.gradle to a higher SDK but that did not work either:

    android {
       compileSdkVersion 32
       buildToolsVersion "32.0.0"
       ndkVersion ""

      defaultConfig {
        minSdkVersion 17
        targetSdkVersion 32

        // Version Information
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0.0"
    
        generatedDensities = []
      }

      aaptOptions {
        additionalParameters "--no-version-vectors"
      }
    }