dennischen / expo-react-native

a simple expo react native project (no eas, build locally)

This project was crated by npx create-expo-app -t expo-template-blank-typescript ExpoReactNative from zero, then added some configurations and documents to help someone wants to simply develop and build locally apk/aab for learning react-native

Build / Release apk or aab

Provide the key store

Before packaing a apk or aab, you have to set keystore first, using following command to create a keystore and keep the password in mind

cd ./android/app/
keytool -genkeypair -v -storetype PKCS12 -keystore my-release-key.keystore -alias my-key-alias -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000

Edit the ~/.gradle/gradle.properties with the password

MYAPP_RELEASE_STORE_PASSWORD=*****
MYAPP_RELEASE_KEY_PASSWORD=*****

Read ~/android/app/build.gradle and ~/android/gradle.properties, search MYAPP_ for detail

Assemble the release apk

Use following command to release apk in .\android\app\build\outputs\apk\release\app-release.apk

cd android
./gradlew assembleRelease

Install the the apk

adb connect ip[:port] # connect to wifi debug-on device
adb devices
adb install .\android\app\build\outputs\apk\release\app-release.apk

Buindle the release aab

Use following command to release aab in .\android\app\build\outputs\bundle\release\app-release.aab

cd android
./gradlew bundleRelease