Release APK Not Updating With JavaScript Code

1.Delete (index.android.bundle) files inside directory android/app/src/main/assets.

2.run 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

3.Delete folders (drawable,drawable-hdpi,drawable-mdpi,drawable-xhdpi,drawable-xxhdpi,drawable-xxxhdpi,raw) inside android/app/src/main/res

4.run react-native run-android --variant=release

IF NOT WORKING TRY THIS https://github.com/react-native-community/async-storage/issues/127#issuecomment-502574735

The below commands worked for me ...

1. cd android

2. gradlew clean

3. gradlew assembleRelease

thanks

if you were using EXPO and you have ejected the app, the build process still pass through EXPO's server. In order: from the project root folder publish the changes to EXPO:

expo-cli publish

then, once it is finished, from within the android root folder:

gradle assembleDebug

or

gradle assembleRelease

I deleted the index.android.* files in android/app/src/main/assets/ directory. Then in the project root, ran

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

Then I regenerated the signed APK and voila!

EDIT: If you are using a newer project, you may not have an index.android.js only index.js. If that's the case, you'll want to change it to:

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