diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5d64756..b34f55a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -54,3 +54,10 @@ buck-out/
 
 # Bundle artifact
 *.jsbundle
+
+# RN android release 
+android/app/bin/
+android/app/release/
+android/app/src/main/assets/index.android.bundle
+android/.project
+android/app/.project
diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle b/android/app/build.gradle
index 6348b76..f33fb0e 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -108,6 +108,16 @@ android {
             abiFilters "armeabi-v7a", "x86"
         }
     }
+    signingConfigs {
+        release {
+            if (project.hasProperty('DRIP_RELEASE_STORE_FILE')) {
+                storeFile file(DRIP_RELEASE_STORE_FILE)
+                storePassword DRIP_RELEASE_STORE_PASSWORD
+                keyAlias DRIP_RELEASE_KEY_ALIAS
+                keyPassword DRIP_RELEASE_KEY_PASSWORD
+            }
+        }
+    }
     splits {
         abi {
             reset()
@@ -120,6 +130,7 @@ android {
         release {
             minifyEnabled enableProguardInReleaseBuilds
             proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android.txt"), "proguard-rules.pro"
+            signingConfig signingConfigs.release
         }
     }
     // applicationVariants are e.g. debug, release
diff --git a/android/gradle.properties b/android/gradle.properties
index 1fd964e..913bbb4 100644
--- a/android/gradle.properties
+++ b/android/gradle.properties
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@
 # org.gradle.parallel=true
 
 android.useDeprecatedNdk=true
+android.enableAapt2=false
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