How to Generate a React Native Release Build APK for Android code example

Example 1: build apk react native

After run this in cmd

react-native bundle --platform android --dev false --entry-file index.js --bundle-output android/app/src/main/assets/index.android.bundle --assets-dest android/app/src/main/res/

cd android && ./gradlew assembleDebug

then you can get apk app/build/outputs/apk/debug/app-debug.apk

Example 2: react-native android build apk

cd android
./gradlew assembleRelease

Example 3: react native release apk command

npx react-native run-android --variant=release