deployment - Deploy/Publish Android app made with React Native

Question

How can I deploy and publish an Android app made with React Native to Google Play?

Answer 1

Steps:

1. Create and then copy a keystore file to android/app keytool -genkey -v -keystore mykeystore.keystore -alias mykeyalias -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000
2. Setup your gradle variables in android/gradle.properties MYAPP_RELEASE_STORE_FILE=mykeystore.keystore MYAPP_RELEASE_KEY_ALIAS=mykeyalias MYAPP_RELEASE_STORE_PASSWORD=***** MYAPP_RELEASE_KEY_PASSWORD=*****
3. Add signing config to android/app/build.gradle defaultConfig { ... } signingConfigs { release { storeFile file(MYAPP_RELEASE_STORE_FILE) storePassword MYAPP_RELEASE_STORE_PASSWORD keyAlias MYAPP_RELEASE_KEY_ALIAS keyPassword MYAPP_RELEASE_KEY_PASSWORD } } buildTypes { release { ... signingConfig signingConfigs.release } }
4. Generate your release APK cd android && ./gradlew assembleRelease
5. Upload android/app/build/outputs/apk/app-release.apk to Google Play

Resource: React Native Publishing an Android App