diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle b/android/app/build.gradle
index 75c52d2..879b9df 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -91,12 +91,12 @@ apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native/react.gradle"
  * Upload all the APKs to the Play Store and people will download
  * the correct one based on the CPU architecture of their device.
  */
-def enableSeparateBuildPerCPUArchitecture = false
+def enableSeparateBuildPerCPUArchitecture = true
 
 /**
  * Run Proguard to shrink the Java bytecode in release builds.
  */
-def enableProguardInReleaseBuilds = false
+def enableProguardInReleaseBuilds = true
 
 /**
  * The preferred build flavor of JavaScriptCore.
@@ -138,6 +138,13 @@ android {
 
     compileSdkVersion rootProject.ext.compileSdkVersion
 
+  lintOptions {
+      checkReleaseBuilds false
+      // Or, if you prefer, you can continue to check for errors in release builds,
+      // but continue the build even when errors are found:
+      abortOnError false
+  }
+
     defaultConfig {
         applicationId "com.amattang"
         minSdkVersion rootProject.ext.minSdkVersion
@@ -162,6 +169,14 @@ android {
             keyAlias 'androiddebugkey'
             keyPassword 'android'
         }
+        release {
+            if (project.hasProperty('MYAPP_RELEASE_STORE_FILE')) {
+                storeFile file(MYAPP_RELEASE_STORE_FILE)
+                storePassword MYAPP_RELEASE_STORE_PASSWORD
+                keyAlias MYAPP_RELEASE_KEY_ALIAS
+                keyPassword MYAPP_RELEASE_KEY_PASSWORD
+            }
+        }
     }
     buildTypes {
         debug {
@@ -175,7 +190,7 @@ android {
         release {
             // Caution! In production, you need to generate your own keystore file.
             // see https://reactnative.dev/docs/signed-apk-android.
-            signingConfig signingConfigs.debug
+            signingConfig signingConfigs.release
             minifyEnabled enableProguardInReleaseBuilds
             proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android.txt"), "proguard-rules.pro"
         }
diff --git a/android/app/proguard-rules.pro b/android/app/proguard-rules.pro
index 11b0257..7dab035 100644
--- a/android/app/proguard-rules.pro
+++ b/android/app/proguard-rules.pro
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@
 #   http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/proguard.html
 
 # Add any project specific keep options here:
+-keep class com.facebook.hermes.unicode.** { *; }
+-keep class com.facebook.jni.** { *; }
diff --git a/android/gradle.properties b/android/gradle.properties
index 11d6e02..09c427e 100644
--- a/android/gradle.properties
+++ b/android/gradle.properties
@@ -26,3 +26,7 @@ android.enableJetifier=true
 
 # Version of flipper SDK to use with React Native
 FLIPPER_VERSION=0.99.0
+MYAPP_RELEASE_STORE_FILE=amattang.keystore
+MYAPP_RELEASE_KEY_ALIAS=amattang
+MYAPP_RELEASE_STORE_PASSWORD=amattang1!
+MYAPP_RELEASE_KEY_PASSWORD=amattang1!