Bare Expo - building an APK

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I have started a new bare minimum expo app. I can run the debug version on iPhone and Android fine, but I cannot figure out how to build an apk, either via command line or via Android studio.

I also want to sign my app.

I have followed instructions here Publishing to Google Play Store · React Native

And I have also tried building by executing

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

cd android

./gradlew clean assembleRelease

Anything I try, I get some gradle errors which basically seems like configuration issues. Also expo seems to use a deprecated gradle version 4.x?

Is there any tutorial that actually works for expo bare apps in 2020?

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I am having similar issue. No matter what i do, I get errors when trying to build my apk. Were you able to find a work aroud?

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Same problem. I think there should be a guide.

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Maybe this?