Android Production Release APK Won't Load Web-hosted JS and CSS

So when I test this locally from "cordova run android --device" everything works fine. But when I build a signed release and deploy on the Google Play Developer console, externally loaded JS and CSS files do not load (see screenshot).

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://app.winetracker.co/dist/application.min.20171213v2.css">
<script src="https://app.winetracker.co/dist/thirdparties.min.20171213v2.js"></script>
<script src="https://app.winetracker.co/dist/application.min.20171213v2.js"></script>

Here's my config.xml file:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<widget id="com.winetrackerco.app" version="1.0.14" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/ns/widgets" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:cdv="http://cordova.apache.org/ns/1.0">
<name>Winetracker.co</name>
<description>
The ultimate app for wine tasting.
</description>
<author email="tony@winetracker.co" href="http://www.winetracker.co">
Winetracker.co
</author>
<content src="index-production.html" />
<access origin="*" />
<allow-navigation href="://.c9users.io/*" />
<allow-navigation href="://.winetracker.co/*" />
<allow-navigation href="https://.stripe.com/" />
<allow-navigation href="https://.mxpnl.com/" />
<allow-navigation href="https://winetrackerco.imgix.net/*" />
<allow-intent href="http:///" />
<allow-intent href="https:///" />
<allow-intent href="tel:*" />
<allow-intent href="sms:*" />
<allow-intent href="mailto:*" />
<allow-intent href="geo:*" />
<access origin="*" />
<platform name="android">
<allow-intent href="market:*" />
<icon density="ldpi" src="res/icon/android/ldpi.png" />
<icon density="mdpi" src="res/icon/android/mdpi.png" />
<icon density="hdpi" src="res/icon/android/hdpi.png" />
<icon density="xhdpi" src="res/icon/android/xhdpi.png" />
<icon density="xxhdpi" src="res/icon/android/xxhdpi.png" />
<icon density="xxxhdpi" src="res/icon/android/xxxhdpi.png" />
<splash density="land-hdpi" src="res/screen/android/land-hdpi.png" />
<splash density="land-ldpi" src="res/screen/android/land-ldpi.png" />
<splash density="land-mdpi" src="res/screen/android/land-mdpi.png" />
<splash density="land-xhdpi" src="res/screen/android/land-xhdpi.png" />
<splash density="port-hdpi" src="res/screen/android/port-hdpi.png" />
<splash density="port-ldpi" src="res/screen/android/port-ldpi.png" />
<splash density="port-mdpi" src="res/screen/android/port-mdpi.png" />
<splash density="port-xhdpi" src="res/screen/android/port-xhdpi.png" />
</platform>
<platform name="ios">
<allow-intent href="itms:*" />
<allow-intent href="itms-apps:*" />
<icon height="180" src="res/icon/ios/icon-60@3x.jpg" width="180" />
<icon height="60" src="res/icon/ios/icon-60.jpg" width="60" />
<icon height="120" src="res/icon/ios/icon-60@2x.jpg" width="120" />
<icon height="76" src="res/icon/ios/icon-76.jpg" width="76" />
<icon height="152" src="res/icon/ios/icon-76@2x.jpg" width="152" />
<icon height="40" src="res/icon/ios/icon-40.jpg" width="40" />
<icon height="80" src="res/icon/ios/icon-40@2x.jpg" width="80" />
<icon height="57" src="res/icon/ios/icon.jpg" width="57" />
<icon height="114" src="res/icon/ios/icon@2x.jpg" width="114" />
<icon height="72" src="res/icon/ios/icon-72.jpg" width="72" />
<icon height="144" src="res/icon/ios/icon-72@2x.jpg" width="144" />
<icon height="167" src="res/icon/ios/icon-167.jpg" width="167" />
<icon height="29" src="res/icon/ios/icon-small.jpg" width="29" />
<icon height="58" src="res/icon/ios/icon-small@2x.jpg" width="58" />
<icon height="50" src="res/icon/ios/icon-50.jpg" width="50" />
<icon height="100" src="res/icon/ios/icon-50@2x.jpg" width="100" />
<icon height="167" src="res/icon/ios/icon-83.5@2x.jpg" width="167" />
<splash src="res/screen/ios/Default@2x~universal~anyany.png" />
<splash src="res/screen/ios/Default@2x~universal~comany.png" />
<splash src="res/screen/ios/Default@2x~universal~comcom.png" />
<splash src="res/screen/ios/Default@3x~universal~anyany.png" />
<splash src="res/screen/ios/Default@3x~universal~anycom.png" />
<splash src="res/screen/ios/Default@3x~universal~comany.png" />
</platform>
<preference name="SplashScreenDelay" value="10000" />
<preference name="SplashMaintainAspectRatio" value="true" />
<preference name="StatusBarOverlaysWebView" value="false" />
<preference name="StatusBarBackgroundColor" value="#302716" />
<preference name="StatusBarStyle" value="lightcontent" />
<preference name="AndroidPersistentFileLocation" value="Compatibility" />
<preference name="DisallowOverscroll" value="true" />
<preference name="AndroidLaunchMode" value="singleInstance" />
<key>UILaunchStoryboardName</key>
<string>CDVLaunchScreen</string>
<universal-links>
<ios-team-id value="XQ4PW98WDH" />
<host name="app.winetracker.co" scheme="https">
<path event="ul_openGroupTasting" url="/#!/broadcast/*" />
</host>
<host name="winetrackerco-tonejac.c9users.io" scheme="https">
<path event="ul_openGroupTasting" url="/#!/broadcast/*" />
</host>
</universal-links>
<edit-config file="*-Info.plist" mode="merge" target="NSCameraUsageDescription">
<string>Winetracker.co needs access to your camera to upload the photo of your wine label.</string>
</edit-config>
<edit-config file="*-Info.plist" mode="merge" target="NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription">
<string>Winetracker.co needs access to your Photo Library so you can select a photo of your wine label.</string>
</edit-config>
<plugin name="cordova-plugin-statusbar" spec="^2.3.0" />
<plugin name="cordova-plugin-dialogs" spec="^1.3.4" />
<plugin name="cordova-plugin-network-information" spec="^1.3.4" />
<plugin name="cordova-plugin-camera" spec="^3.0.0">
<variable name="CAMERA_USAGE_DESCRIPTION" value=" " />
<variable name="PHOTOLIBRARY_USAGE_DESCRIPTION" value=" " />
</plugin>
<plugin name="cordova-plugin-splashscreen" spec="^4.1.0" />
<plugin name="cordova-plugin-ios-camera-permissions" spec="^1.2.0">
<variable name="CAMERA_USAGE_DESCRIPTION" value="This app needs camera access" />
<variable name="MICROPHONE_USAGE_DESCRIPTION" value="This app needs microphone access" />
<variable name="PHOTOLIBRARY_ADD_USAGE_DESCRIPTION" value="This app needs write-access to photo library" />
<variable name="PHOTOLIBRARY_USAGE_DESCRIPTION" value="This app needs read/write-access photo library access" />
</plugin>
<plugin name="cordova-plugin-file" spec="^5.0.0" />
<plugin name="cordova-plugin-device" spec="^1.1.7" />
<plugin name="cordova-plugin-x-socialsharing" spec="^5.2.1" />
<plugin name="cordova-plugin-customurlscheme" spec="^4.3.0">
<variable name="URL_SCHEME" value="winetrackerco" />
<variable name="ANDROID_SCHEME" value=" " />
<variable name="ANDROID_HOST" value=" " />
<variable name="ANDROID_PATHPREFIX" value="/" />
</plugin>
<plugin name="cordova-plugin-whitelist" spec="^1.3.3" />
<engine name="ios" spec="^4.5.4" />
<engine name="android" spec="^7.0.0" />
</widget>

Am I missing something in my config.xml file? Is this a problem with Cordovoa 8.0.0? Do I need to do some additional configuration with AndroidManifest.xml?

Please advise. I'm stumped.