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[Android] Release apk crashes on app start (React Native 0.58.0)

See original GitHub issue

Environment

System: OS: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-4440 CPU @ 3.10GHz × 4 Memory: 15,6 GiB Binaries: Node: 10.10.0. Npm: 6.4.1. Watchman: 4.9.0 IDEs: Android Studio: 3.0 AI-171.4443003

npmPackages:

  "dependencies": {
    "@babel/cli": "^7.0.0",
    "@babel/core": "^7.1.2",
    "@babel/polyfill": "^7.0.0",
    "@babel/runtime": "^7.0.0",
    "arc": "^0.1.1",
    "axios": "^0.16.2",
    "babel-plugin-transform-remove-console": "^6.8.5",
    "debounce-promise": "^3.1.0",
    "deepmerge": "^2.1.1",
    "kdbush": "^3.0.0",
    "lottie-react-native": "^2.3.2",
    "metro-react-native-babel-preset": "^0.45.1",
    "moment": "^2.21.0",
    "moment-timezone": "^0.5.14",
    "prop-types": "^15.6.0",
    "react": "^16.2.0",
    "react-mixin": "^4.0.0",
    "react-native": "^0.58.0",
    "react-native-animatable": "^1.3.0",
    "react-native-calendars": "^1.19.3",
    "react-native-device-info": "^0.17.3",
    "react-native-fcm": "^11.0.1",
    "react-native-geojson": "^0.1.1",
    "react-native-gesture-handler": "^1.0.12",
    "react-native-google-analytics": "^1.3.2",
    "react-native-highcharts": "https://github.com/rahmanmarija/react-native-highcharts",
    "react-native-image-picker": "^0.26.10",
    "react-native-linear-gradient": "git+https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-linear-gradient.git",
    "react-native-maps": "https://github.com/rahmanmarija/react-native-maps",
    "react-native-modal-dropdown": "^0.4.4",
    "react-native-orientation": "https://github.com/manotnemanja/react-native-orientation",
    "react-native-progress": "^3.5.0",
    "react-native-simple-gauge": "https://github.com/manotnemanja/react-native-simple-gauge",
    "react-native-sortable-list": "https://github.com/rahmanmarija/react-native-sortable-list",
    "react-native-splash-screen": "3.0.6",
    "react-navigation": "1.0.0-beta.19",
    "react-redux": "^5.0.5",
    "react-static-container": "^1.0.1",
    "react-timer-mixin": "^0.13.3",
    "redux": "^3.7.1",
    "redux-saga": "^0.15.4",
    "reselect": "^3.0.1"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@babel/core": "^7.0.0",
    "@babel/plugin-external-helpers": "^7.0.0",
    "@babel/plugin-transform-react-constant-elements": "^7.0.0",
    "@babel/runtime": "^7.3.1",
    "babel-core": "^7.0.0-bridge.0",
    "babel-eslint": "^9.0.0",
    "babel-jest": "^23.4.2",
    "babel-preset-react-native": "5.0.0",
    "eslint": "^4.1.1",
    "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.5.1",
    "eslint-plugin-react-native": "^3.2.0",
    "jest": "^23.6.0",
    "@babel/preset-flow": "^7.0.0"
  },
  "jest": {
    "preset": "react-native",
    "transform": {
      "^.+\\.js$": "<rootDir>/node_modules/react-native/jest/preprocessor.js"
    },
    "transformIgnorePatterns": [
      "node_modules/(?!react-native|react-navigation)"
    ],
    "setupFiles": [
      "<rootDir>/__mocks__/mocks.js"
    ],
    "globals": {
      "window": true
    }
  }

react-native run-android working fine. But i am getting this issue while running release apk on app start:

Fatal Exception: java.lang.RuntimeException: com.facebook.react.devsupport.JSException: Can't find variable: babelHelpers
       at com.facebook.react.bridge.DefaultNativeModuleCallExceptionHandler.handleException(DefaultNativeModuleCallExceptionHandler.java:22)
       at com.facebook.react.devsupport.DisabledDevSupportManager.handleException(DisabledDevSupportManager.java:170)
       at com.facebook.react.bridge.CatalystInstanceImpl.onNativeException(CatalystInstanceImpl.java:547)
       at com.facebook.react.bridge.CatalystInstanceImpl.access$1000(CatalystInstanceImpl.java:44)
       at com.facebook.react.bridge.CatalystInstanceImpl$NativeExceptionHandler.handleException(CatalystInstanceImpl.java:563)
       at com.facebook.react.bridge.queue.MessageQueueThreadHandler.dispatchMessage(MessageQueueThreadHandler.java:31)
       at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:164)
       at com.facebook.react.bridge.queue.MessageQueueThreadImpl$3.run(MessageQueueThreadImpl.java:192)
       at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:764)

And this:

Caused by com.facebook.jni.CppException: Can’t find variable: babelHelpers

index.android.bundle:17:707
index.android.bundle:17:3756
_@index.android.bundle:2:1514
d@index.android.bundle:2:967
o@index.android.bundle:2:435
index.android.bundle:16:53
_@index.android.bundle:2:1514
d@index.android.bundle:2:967
o@index.android.bundle:2:435
index.android.bundle:15:49
_@index.android.bundle:2:1514
d@index.android.bundle:2:967
o@index.android.bundle:2:435
index.android.bundle:82:49
_@index.android.bundle:2:1514
d@index.android.bundle:2:967
o@index.android.bundle:2:435
index.android.bundle:81:43
_@index.android.bundle:2:1514
d@index.android.bundle:2:967
o@index.android.bundle:2:435
index.android.bundle:65:92
_@index.android.bundle:2:1514
d@index.android.bundle:2:897
o@index.android.bundle:2:435
global code@index.android.bundle:1299:4
       at com.facebook.react.bridge.queue.NativeRunnable.run(NativeRunnable.java)
       at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:789)
       at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:98)
       at com.facebook.react.bridge.queue.MessageQueueThreadHandler.dispatchMessage(MessageQueueThreadHandler.java:29)
       at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:164)
       at com.facebook.react.bridge.queue.MessageQueueThreadImpl$3.run(MessageQueueThreadImpl.java:192)
       at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:764)

Please help me with this issue. 😃 Thanks.