All documentation online seems to indicate that when I need to make a release build, all I have to do is run ionic build --prod --release and I should end up with an apk in android/app/build/outputs/apk/release/ directory.
But, I don’t get that. I just have the debug apk in the debug directory. I don’t see any errors in the Android Studio output – it says “Build succeeded.”
Am I misunderstanding something? Do I have to configure something else?
My setup:
$ ionic info
Ionic:
Ionic CLI : 6.16.3 (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@ionic/cli)
Ionic Framework : @ionic/angular 5.5.1
@angular-devkit/build-angular : 0.1000.8
@angular-devkit/schematics : 10.0.8
@angular/cli : 10.0.8
@ionic/angular-toolkit : 2.3.3
Capacitor:
Capacitor CLI : 3.0.0
@capacitor/android : 3.0.0
@capacitor/core : 3.0.0
@capacitor/ios : 3.0.0
Cordova:
Cordova CLI : 10.0.0
Cordova Platforms : none
Cordova Plugins : no whitelisted plugins (1 plugins total)
Utility:
cordova-res (update available: 0.15.3) : 0.15.2
native-run (update available: 1.4.0) : 1.3.1
System:
Android SDK Tools : 26.1.1 (/Users/vtn2/Library/Android/sdk)
NodeJS : v12.19.0 (/usr/local/bin/node)
npm : 7.16.0
OS : macOS Big Sur
Xcode : Xcode 12.5 Build version 12E262