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How to Generate build APK for android in React Native 0.71.2

I have created a new project using react native version "0.71.2" . In APK the assets are not bundling and there is no option of bundleInDebug in Build.gradle

expecting to generate the build APK with bundling js and assets

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    Build Debug with assets:

    You can build a debug version using this steps:

    1. Create an assets directory using (One Time Step)
    mkdir ./android/app/src/main/assets/
    1. create a blank file with the name index.android (One Time Step)
    touch ./android/app/src/main/assets/index.android
    1. bundle the app using
    react-native bundle --dev false --platform android --entry-file index.js --bundle-output ./android/app/src/main/assets/index.android --assets-dest ./android/app/src/main/res/
react_native_generate_debug_apk1

    or

    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
    1. Build the debug APK using
    cd android/ 
./gradlew assembleDebug

    Build Release with assets:

    And you can build a release version which is much easier using this command:

    cd android
./gradlew assembleRelease
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    This is what ultimately worked for me after some trial and error.

    Note: I’m running this in GitHub Actions which is why I am using npx but if running locally and you have the React Native CLI installed you don’t need the npx in step 3.

    1. Create assets directory:
    mkdir ./android/app/src/main/assets/
    1. Create bundle output file (I tried with just index.android first and it didn’t work)
    touch ./android/app/src/main/assets/index.android.bundle
    1. Bundle app
    npx 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
    1. Create Android debug build
    cd android && ./gradlew assembleDebug

    I did these steps in GitHub Actions and was able to run the output .apk on an Android Emulator. Hope that helps!

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