Ionic cordova build android --prod --release builds only a debug apk

Ionic Framework
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‘ionic cordova build android --prod --release’ builds only a debug apk. How can I fix this?

Ionic:

Ionic CLI : 5.4.7
Ionic Framework : @ionic/angular 4.11.5
@angular-devkit/build-angular : 0.12.4
@angular-devkit/schematics : 7.3.9
@angular/cli : 7.3.9
@ionic/angular-toolkit : 1.2.3

Capacitor:

Capacitor CLI : 1.3.0
@capacitor/core : 1.0.0-beta.18

Cordova:

Cordova CLI : 9.0.0 (cordova-lib@9.0.1)
Cordova Platforms : android 8.1.0, android-old, ios 4.5.5
Cordova Plugins : cordova-plugin-ionic-keyboard 2.1.3, cordova-plugin-ionic-webview 4.0.0, (and 18 other plugins)

Utility:

cordova-res : not installed
native-run : 0.2.9

System:

ios-deploy : 1.9.2
ios-sim : 6.1.3
NodeJS : v12.13.0 (/usr/local/bin/node)
npm : 6.12.0
OS : macOS Catalina
Xcode : Xcode 11.0 Build version 11A420a

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Happening for me too,

Ionic:

Ionic CLI : 5.4.7 (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/ionic)
Ionic Framework : @ionic/angular 4.11.2
@angular-devkit/build-angular : 0.13.9
@angular-devkit/schematics : 7.3.9
@angular/cli : 7.3.9
@ionic/angular-toolkit : 1.5.1

Cordova:

Cordova CLI : 9.0.0 (cordova-lib@9.0.1)
Cordova Platforms : android 8.1.0, ios 5.0.1
Cordova Plugins : cordova-plugin-ionic-keyboard 2.1.3, cordova-plugin-ionic-webview 4.1.0, (and 10 other plugins)

Utility:

cordova-res : 0.8.1
native-run : 0.2.9

System:

ios-sim : 8.0.2
NodeJS : v12.13.0 (/usr/local/bin/node)
npm : 6.13.1
OS : macOS Catalina
Xcode : Xcode 11.2.1 Build version 11B53

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Same here, from yesterday I can’t compile my app on release mode, only debug.

(EDIT) I also just realised “ionic cordova run android -lc” doesn’t work as well.

Ionic:

Ionic CLI : 5.4.7 (C:\Users\clode\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\ionic)
Ionic Framework : @ionic/angular 4.10.0
@angular-devkit/build-angular : 0.801.3
@angular-devkit/schematics : 8.1.3
@angular/cli : 8.1.3
@ionic/angular-toolkit : 2.0.0

Cordova:

Cordova CLI : 9.0.0 (cordova-lib@9.0.1)
Cordova Platforms : android 8.1.0
Cordova Plugins : cordova-plugin-ionic-keyboard 2.2.0, cordova-plugin-ionic-webview 4.1.2, (and 6 other plugins)

Utility:

cordova-res : 0.6.0 (update available: 0.8.1)
native-run : 0.2.8 (update available: 0.2.9)

System:

Android SDK Tools : 26.1.1 (C:\Users\clode\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk)
NodeJS : v12.10.0 (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe)
npm : 6.12.1
OS : Windows 10

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You can downgrade ionic CLI to 5.4.6 with the command npm install -g ionic@5.4.6
It works for me

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Thanks… I’ll try it.

6

I upgrade to version 5.4.9 and it works!

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Hello, how do you know it’s debug artifact and not the production one. Where do you see the difference?

Thanks.