Ionic Native: deviceready did not fire within 5000ms after adding cordova-plugin-file

I have an ionic project requiring me to write files from the ionic into mobile devices. This can be achieved using Cordova's cordova-plugin-file and @ionic-native/file.

When I add the plugin to my project it is throwing below error.

Channel not fired: onFileSystemPathsReady
Ionic Native: deviceready did not fire within 5000ms. This can happen when plugins are in an inconsistent state. Try removing plugins from plugins/ and reinstalling them.

The error can be seen in the console as well.

Ionic info:

Ionic CLI                     : 7.2.0
Ionic Framework               : @ionic/angular 8.4.1
@angular-devkit/build-angular : 16.2.15
@angular-devkit/schematics    : 16.2.15
@angular/cli                  : 16.2.15
@ionic/angular-toolkit        : 11.0.1

Cordova:
Cordova CLI         : 12.0.0 ([email protected])
Cordova Platforms   : android 9.1.0, ios 6.2.0
cordova-plugin-file : version 5.0.0

app.module.ts file:

import { File } from "@ionic-native/file/ngx";

@NgModule({
    declarations: [AppComponent, ModalPage, CustomIonicModalComponent],
    imports: [
        MatDialogModule,
        BrowserModule,
        IonicModule.forRoot(),
        AppRoutingModule,
        FormRendererModule,
        FormsModule,
        BrowserAnimationsModule
    ],
    providers: [{ provide: RouteReuseStrategy, useClass: IonicRouteStrategy }, MobileService, Keyboard, File],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }

app.component.ts file:

import { File } from '@ionic-native/file/ngx';

@Component({
    selector: 'app-root',
    templateUrl: 'app.component.html',
    styleUrls: ['app.component.scss'],
})

export class AppComponent {
    constructor(private file: File) {}
}

Things I have tried to address this issue:

• Re-installing all plugins and other dependencies
• Clearing all the cache and rebuilding
• Removing the files plugin to check if that is causing the issue (after removing the plugin it is working as expected)
• Upgrading and downgrading the file plugin
• @ionic-native has been deprecated so I tried the @awesome-cordova-plugins/file but still getting the same error
• Tried to install the latest version of the plugin as well as its dependencies. Also updated Cordova platforms to the latest versions.