Struggling to get a staking contract to work, failed transaction when deposit/stake

Hi there, currently learning and developing on Cronos testnet blockchain.

I'm trying to get a staking contract to work. You stake CoinA, receive CoinB

So I deployed two simple ERC20 tokens, one for each coin, and minted plenty of each into their respective owner wallets.

I then made a 3rd wallet, transferred the reward token (CoinB) into it's balance, then deployed it.

// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
pragma solidity ^0.8.24;

import "./IERC20.sol";

contract StakingRewards {
    IERC20 public immutable stakingToken;
    IERC20 public immutable rewardsToken;

    address public owner;

    // Duration of rewards to be paid out (in seconds)
    uint256 public duration;
    // Timestamp of when the rewards finish
    uint256 public finishAt;
    // Minimum of last updated time and reward finish time
    uint256 public updatedAt;
    // Reward to be paid out per second
    uint256 public rewardRate;
    // Sum of (reward rate * dt * 1e18 / total supply)
    uint256 public rewardPerTokenStored;
    // User address => rewardPerTokenStored
    mapping(address => uint256) public userRewardPerTokenPaid;
    // User address => rewards to be claimed
    mapping(address => uint256) public rewards;

    // Total staked
    uint256 public totalSupply;
    // User address => staked amount
    mapping(address => uint256) public balanceOf;

    constructor(address _stakingToken, address _rewardToken) {
        owner = msg.sender;
        stakingToken = IERC20(_stakingToken);
        rewardsToken = IERC20(_rewardToken);
    }

    modifier onlyOwner() {
        require(msg.sender == owner, "not authorized");
        _;
    }

    modifier updateReward(address _account) {
        rewardPerTokenStored = rewardPerToken();
        updatedAt = lastTimeRewardApplicable();

        if (_account != address(0)) {
            rewards[_account] = earned(_account);
            userRewardPerTokenPaid[_account] = rewardPerTokenStored;
        }

        _;
    }

    function lastTimeRewardApplicable() public view returns (uint256) {
        return _min(finishAt, block.timestamp);
    }

    function rewardPerToken() public view returns (uint256) {
        if (totalSupply == 0) {
            return rewardPerTokenStored;
        }

        return rewardPerTokenStored
            + (rewardRate * (lastTimeRewardApplicable() - updatedAt) * 1e18)
                / totalSupply;
    }

    function stake(uint256 _amount) external updateReward(msg.sender) {
        require(_amount > 0, "amount = 0");
        stakingToken.transferFrom(msg.sender, address(this), _amount);
        balanceOf[msg.sender] += _amount;
        totalSupply += _amount;
    }

    function withdraw(uint256 _amount) external updateReward(msg.sender) {
        require(_amount > 0, "amount = 0");
        balanceOf[msg.sender] -= _amount;
        totalSupply -= _amount;
        stakingToken.transfer(msg.sender, _amount);
    }

    function earned(address _account) public view returns (uint256) {
        return (
            (
                balanceOf[_account]
                    * (rewardPerToken() - userRewardPerTokenPaid[_account])
            ) / 1e18
        ) + rewards[_account];
    }

    function getReward() external updateReward(msg.sender) {
        uint256 reward = rewards[msg.sender];
        if (reward > 0) {
            rewards[msg.sender] = 0;
            rewardsToken.transfer(msg.sender, reward);
        }
    }

    function setRewardsDuration(uint256 _duration) external onlyOwner {
        require(finishAt < block.timestamp, "reward duration not finished");
        duration = _duration;
        
    }

    function notifyRewardAmount(uint256 _amount)
        external
        onlyOwner
        updateReward(address(0))
    {
        if (block.timestamp >= finishAt) {
            rewardRate = _amount / duration;
        } else {
            uint256 remainingRewards = (finishAt - block.timestamp) * rewardRate;
            rewardRate = (_amount + remainingRewards) / duration;
        }

        require(rewardRate > 0, "reward rate = 0");
        require(
            rewardRate * duration <= rewardsToken.balanceOf(address(this)),
            "reward amount > balance"
        );

        finishAt = block.timestamp + duration;
        updatedAt = block.timestamp;
    }

    function _min(uint256 x, uint256 y) private pure returns (uint256) {
        return x <= y ? x : y;
    }
}

PROBLEM: When I am currently on metamask for CoinA, when I attempt to stake on the StakingRewards contract (with a large supply of CoinA), I get this error regardless of the amount I attempt to stake

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Hello
I have just checked your code.
As I checked, you didn't consider about allowance.
Please add approve function before transfer token.
Regards.

My telegram is @cutemickey1990.
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