Asset Packs fail to load in the Player when the built Project uses Play Asset Delivery

How to reproduce:
1. Open the attached “PADTest.zip” project
2. Build the Gradle project via the custom button in the toolbar (PADTest → “Build Gradle Project - asset packs”)
3. Open the built Gradle project in Android Studio
4. Connect an Android device and Run the Gradle Project
5. Observe the Logcat console

Expected result: “Found expected StreamingAssets sample file” message is thrown in the Logcat
Actual result: “StreamingAssets file not found…” error is being thrown in the Logcat

Reproducible with: 2022.3.34f1
Couldn’t test with: 2021.3.39f1 (“Unsupported class file major version 61” error in Android Studio), 6000.0.7f1 (“The project is using an incompatible version (AGP 8.3.0) of the Android Gradle plugin.” error in Android Studio)

Reproducible on: Windows 11, macOS 14.4.1 (M1) - user’s
Not reproducible on: No other environment tested

Notes:

• This additional error appears in the Logcat: “AssetPackManager : Could not sync active asset packs. com.google.android.play.core.assetpacks.AssetPackException: -5: Asset Pack Download Error(-5): The Asset Delivery API is not available. (https://developer.android.com/reference/com/google/android/play/core/assetpacks/model/AssetPackErrorCode.html#API_NOT_AVAILABLE )”
• While reproducing the issue this device was used:
  VLNQA00517, Oneplus OnePlus 10 Pro 5G (NE2213), Android 12, CPU: Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (SM8450), GPU: Adreno (TM) 730