signed apk in react native code example

Example 1: react native create apk

Place your terminal directory to android using:

cd android
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For Windows, 
  gradlew assembleRelease
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For Linux and Mac OSX:

./gradlew assembleRelease
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Example 2: react-native android build apk

cd android
./gradlew assembleRelease

Example 3: export apk react native

Before uploading the release build to the Play Store, 
make sure you test it thoroughly. 

mkdir -p android/app/src/main/assets
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
react-native run-android --variant=release

Export Apk -
cd android && ./gradlew bundleRelease -x bundleReleaseJsAndAssets

- Your AAB BUNDLE will be present in the folder
<project>/android/app/build/outputs/bundle/release

Example 4: export app react native

mkdir -p android/app/src/main/assets
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 assembleRelease -x bundleReleaseJsAndAssets

- Your APK will be present in the folder
<project>/android/app/build/outputs/apk/release

Example 5: react native generate signed apk getting older version

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/