Task 'installRelease' not found in root project 'ReactNativeStarter'. Some candidates are: 'uninstallRelease'

Question

I get the above error when I use the command react-native run-android --variant=release like it said in the react native docs. I signed my key just like it said in the docs but it's not working.

I also couldn't use the command cd android && ./gradlew assembleRelease directly from my project folder. I had to do cd android and then gradlew assembleRelease

Answer 1

From react-native documentation

Note that --variant=release is only available if you've set up signing as described above.

Verify whether you have followed the steps mentioned in the documentation properly.

Answer 2

For your second issue, try this if you are using Windows:

cd android && gradlew assembleRelease