WARNING: [XmlResourcesTransformer] No mapping for: android/support/FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS

On gradle sync, it errors with:

WARNING: [XmlResourcesTransformer] No mapping for: android/support/FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS

<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>

How to solve this?

from WARNING: [XmlResourcesTransformer] No mapping for: android/support/FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS