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Generate release mode APK for React-Native project to publish on PlayStore

Zilu Ramkrishna Rane on June 04, 2018

Good Day All! I hope you are doing Good. From last couple of days, Me and my friends were doing comparative study of ionic3 and react-native. Duri...

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mrcflorian • Apr 30 '19

Thanks for the tutorial! I've put up an article containing several errors that I encounter when building a release APK for React Native pretty frequently.

Anaga Uche • May 2 '19 • Edited

I love your article, thanks

Zilu Ramkrishna Rane • May 1 '19

Thanks mrcflorian

Rostyslav • Apr 21 '19

Hi Zilu. Follow your instructions, obtain error:

Unable to load script. Make sure you're either running a Metro server (run 'react-native start') or that your bundle 'index.android.bundle' is packaged correctly for release.

Egi ESEM • Jun 1 '20

don't run debug version, to create apk release version first you must run:
npx react-native run-android --variant=release
or
react-native run-android --variant=release

Then APK can be found in android/app/build/outputs/apk/release

Zilu Ramkrishna Rane • May 1 '19

You get this error after running which command?
Could you please provide more details.

Thelaptopsguide • Sep 12 '22

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Jhone Pterbok • Mar 7 '23 • Edited

To publish a React Native project on PlayStore, generate a release mode APK using the command line or Android Studio. Then, sign and align like Notion APK before uploading it.

Robin • Aug 8 '23

Thanks for the information Jhone Pterbok. I was facing this problem when trying to build a project like Easy Talk Global Calling Mod apk.

Jamktro Plando • Jul 6 '23

Hello, I have enabled ProGuard, resulting in the generation of four distinct APKs. Could you please guide me on how to publish them on the Google Play Store Like SnapTik MOD APK?

jbernibe • Mar 5 '20

Hello my friend, i did the procedure above, but dont work, it show me the next message :
"Deprecated Gradle features were used in this build, making it incompatible with Gradle 6.0"
Could you Please help me whit that.

Ayesh Nipun • May 19 '19

Thanks for the article. The app was built without errors. But when I install it on my device and run the app, App keeps stopping with the message "App keeps stooping"

القرآن الكريم • Dec 17 '23

Hi Zilu. Follow your instructions, obtain error:

Unable to load script. Make sure you're either running a Metro server (run 'react-native start') or that your bundle 'index.android.bundle' is packaged correctly for release.

Jamedo Kokalena • Mar 17 '23

To publish a React-Native project on the PlayStore, you need to generate a release mode APK (Android Package Kit). This can be done by running the command "react-native run-android --variant=release" in the project directory, which will create a signed APK file. You can then upload this file to the PlayStore Console to release your app like Snapseed MOD APK. It is important to note that you will need to have a valid keystore file and signing key for this process.

Max Programming • Nov 29 '20

I am using Expo to build my app so is there an easy way to do so in Expo? Because I don't have an android folder in my directory structure

Emicarito ★ • Jan 6 '19

Hi Zilu,

If you are in Windows the last command is cd android && gradlew assembleRelease

whitout the "./"

Apk2Down • Aug 12 '19

The online APK downloader I found at the best Apk2Down provider for you, a reliable address for every device used.

jagan • Jun 26 '20 • Edited

build successfull,
but there is no release build,
there is only debug apk

I got only app.aab

artikbharoliya • Aug 27 '20

Hey, I have enabled proguard and it generated 4 different apks. How can I publish those on Google Plasystore.???

rahilahmad • Jul 16 '19

Hi, i have an issue when i run last command in terminal it show Build successful but my release folder is empty
can you help me to figure it out?

CoiMobile • Apr 18 '20

Thanks for your sharing. Thanks to that, I can create apk game mods for mobile phones. You can see hapmod.com/

elizabeth sawan • Sep 25 '23

mode apk of a react native application doesn't allow on PlayStore as a developer has developed this Instagram pro Apk which is not available on Playstore.