⚒️ Updated the build.gradle file.

Author: Arafat-alim

android/app/build.gradle

@@ -35,77 +35,20 @@ react {
     hermesCommand = new File(["node", "--print", "require.resolve('react-native/package.json')"].execute(null, rootDir).text.trim()).getParentFile().getAbsolutePath() + "/sdks/hermesc/%OS-BIN%/hermesc"
     codegenDir = new File(["node", "--print", "require.resolve('@react-native/codegen/package.json', { paths: [require.resolve('react-native/package.json')] })"].execute(null, rootDir).text.trim()).getParentFile().getAbsoluteFile()
 
-    // Use Expo CLI to bundle the app, this ensures the Metro config
-    // works correctly with Expo projects.
     cliFile = new File(["node", "--print", "require.resolve('@expo/cli', { paths: [require.resolve('expo/package.json')] })"].execute(null, rootDir).text.trim())
     bundleCommand = "export:embed"
 
-    /* Folders */
-    //   The root of your project, i.e. where "package.json" lives. Default is '..'
-    // root = file("../")
-    //   The folder where the react-native NPM package is. Default is ../node_modules/react-native
-    // reactNativeDir = file("../node_modules/react-native")
-    //   The folder where the react-native Codegen package is. Default is ../node_modules/@react-native/codegen
-    // codegenDir = file("../node_modules/@react-native/codegen")
-
-    /* Variants */
-    //   The list of variants to that are debuggable. For those we're going to
-    //   skip the bundling of the JS bundle and the assets. By default is just 'debug'.
-    //   If you add flavors like lite, prod, etc. you'll have to list your debuggableVariants.
-    // debuggableVariants = ["liteDebug", "prodDebug"]
-
-    /* Bundling */
-    //   A list containing the node command and its flags. Default is just 'node'.
-    // nodeExecutableAndArgs = ["node"]
-
-    //
-    //   The path to the CLI configuration file. Default is empty.
-    // bundleConfig = file(../rn-cli.config.js)
-    //
-    //   The name of the generated asset file containing your JS bundle
-    // bundleAssetName = "MyApplication.android.bundle"
-    //
-    //   The entry file for bundle generation. Default is 'index.android.js' or 'index.js'
-    // entryFile = file("../js/MyApplication.android.js")
-    //
-    //   A list of extra flags to pass to the 'bundle' commands.
-    //   See https://github.com/react-native-community/cli/blob/main/docs/commands.md#bundle
-    // extraPackagerArgs = []
-
-    /* Hermes Commands */
-    //   The hermes compiler command to run. By default it is 'hermesc'
-    // hermesCommand = "$rootDir/my-custom-hermesc/bin/hermesc"
-    //
-    //   The list of flags to pass to the Hermes compiler. By default is "-O", "-output-source-map"
-    // hermesFlags = ["-O", "-output-source-map"]
-
     if (rnVersion >= versionToNumber(0, 75, 0)) {
-        /* Autolinking */
         autolinkLibrariesWithApp()
     }
 }
 
-/**
- * Set this to true to Run Proguard on Release builds to minify the Java bytecode.
- */
 def enableProguardInReleaseBuilds = (findProperty('android.enableProguardInReleaseBuilds') ?: false).toBoolean()
-
-/**
- * The preferred build flavor of JavaScriptCore (JSC)
- *
- * For example, to use the international variant, you can use:
- * `def jscFlavor = 'org.webkit:android-jsc-intl:+'`
- *
- * The international variant includes ICU i18n library and necessary data
- * allowing to use e.g. `Date.toLocaleString` and `String.localeCompare` that
- * give correct results when using with locales other than en-US. Note that
- * this variant is about 6MiB larger per architecture than default.
- */
+def enableHermes = project.hasProperty("expo.jsEngine") && project.ext["expo.jsEngine"] == "hermes"
 def jscFlavor = 'org.webkit:android-jsc:+'
 
 android {
     ndkVersion rootProject.ext.ndkVersion
-
     buildToolsVersion rootProject.ext.buildToolsVersion
     compileSdk rootProject.ext.compileSdkVersion
 
@@ -117,7 +60,7 @@ android {
         versionCode 1
         versionName "1.0.0"
     }
-     signingConfigs {
+    signingConfigs {
         release {
             if (project.hasProperty('MYAPP_UPLOAD_STORE_FILE')) {
                 storeFile file("./my-upload-key.keystore")
@@ -128,11 +71,8 @@ android {
         }
     }
     buildTypes {
-        // debug {
-        //     signingConfig signingConfigs.debug
-        // }
       release {
-            signingConfig signingConfigs.release //!  Updated here 
+            signingConfig signingConfigs.release
             shrinkResources (findProperty('android.enableShrinkResourcesInReleaseBuilds')?.toBoolean() ?: false)
             minifyEnabled enableProguardInReleaseBuilds
             proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android.txt"), "proguard-rules.pro"
@@ -146,49 +86,38 @@ android {
     }
 }
 
-// Apply static values from `gradle.properties` to the `android.packagingOptions`
-// Accepts values in comma delimited lists, example:
-// android.packagingOptions.pickFirsts=/LICENSE,**/picasa.ini
 ["pickFirsts", "excludes", "merges", "doNotStrip"].each { prop ->
-    // Split option: 'foo,bar' -> ['foo', 'bar']
     def options = (findProperty("android.packagingOptions.$prop") ?: "").split(",");
-    // Trim all elements in place.
     for (i in 0..<options.size()) options[i] = options[i].trim();
-    // `[] - ""` is essentially `[""].filter(Boolean)` removing all empty strings.
     options -= ""
 
     if (options.length > 0) {
         println "android.packagingOptions.$prop += $options ($options.length)"
-        // Ex: android.packagingOptions.pickFirsts += '**/SCCS/**'
         options.each {
             android.packagingOptions[prop] += it
         }
     }
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    // The version of react-native is set by the React Native Gradle Plugin
     implementation("com.facebook.react:react-android")
 
     def isGifEnabled = (findProperty('expo.gif.enabled') ?: "") == "true";
     def isWebpEnabled = (findProperty('expo.webp.enabled') ?: "") == "true";
     def isWebpAnimatedEnabled = (findProperty('expo.webp.animated') ?: "") == "true";
 
     if (isGifEnabled) {
-        // For animated gif support
         implementation("com.facebook.fresco:animated-gif:${reactAndroidLibs.versions.fresco.get()}")
     }
 
     if (isWebpEnabled) {
-        // For webp support
         implementation("com.facebook.fresco:webpsupport:${reactAndroidLibs.versions.fresco.get()}")
         if (isWebpAnimatedEnabled) {
-            // Animated webp support
             implementation("com.facebook.fresco:animated-webp:${reactAndroidLibs.versions.fresco.get()}")
         }
     }
 
-    if (hermesEnabled.toBoolean()) {
+    if (enableHermes) {
         implementation("com.facebook.react:hermes-android")
     } else {
         implementation jscFlavor