Release build error on Android

[supershik]

it is building fine without any issues in debug mode. the error appears only when trying to build with product mode

Task :invertase_react-native-apple-authentication:generateReleaseRFile FAILED

FAILURE: Build completed with 2 failures.

1: Task failed with an exception.

• What went wrong:
  Execution failed for task ':invertase_react-native-apple-authentication:generateReleaseRFile'.

Could not resolve all files for configuration ':invertase_react-native-apple-authentication:releaseCompileClasspath'.
Failed to transform react-native-0.71.0-rc.0-release.aar (com.facebook.react:react-native:0.71.0-rc.0) to match attributes {artifactType=android-symbol-with-package-name, com.android.build.api.attributes.BuildTypeAttr=release, org.gradle.category=library, org.gradle.dependency.bundling=external, org.gradle.libraryelements=aar, org.gradle.status=release, org.gradle.usage=java-api}.
> Could not find react-native-0.71.0-rc.0-release.aar (com.facebook.react:react-native:0.71.0-rc.0).
Searched in the following locations:
https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/com/facebook/react/react-native/0.71.0-rc.0/react-native-0.71.0-rc.0-release.aar

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This is the build.gradle info

buildscript {
ext {
buildToolsVersion = "31.0.0"
minSdkVersion = 21
compileSdkVersion = 31
targetSdkVersion = 31
googlePlayServicesAuthVersion = "19.2.0" //20.3.0"
if (System.properties['os.arch'] == "aarch64") {
// For M1 Users we need to use the NDK 24 which added support for aarch64
ndkVersion = "24.0.8215888"
} else {
// Otherwise we default to the side-by-side NDK version from AGP.
ndkVersion = "21.4.7075529"
}
}
repositories {
google()
mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.2.1")
classpath("com.facebook.react:react-native-gradle-plugin")
classpath("de.undercouch:gradle-download-task:5.0.1")
classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.13'
}
}

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React Native Version
"react": "18.1.0",
"react-native": "0.70.3"

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Any solution, Team?

Thanks

[mikehardy]

Yep, you are affected by this general react-native issue, it is not from this module: facebook/react-native#35210

[supershik]

Thanks! @mikehardy