Release build using 0.62, application keeps stopping

I followed the exact instruction on the page for Windows. I created the app by react-native init TestApp. I followed the instruction to build the release apk and tested with run-android --version release The app is installed successfully on the emulator. However it will not run, and says:

TestApp keeps stopping

Please help!

System: OS: Windows 10 10.0.18362 CPU: (4) x64 Intel® Core™ i7-6500U CPU @ 2.50GHz Memory: 3.92 GB / 15.89 GB Binaries: Node: 12.8.0 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.EXE Yarn: 1.19.1 - C:\Users\hufer\AppData\Roaming\npm\yarn.CMD
npm: 6.5.0 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.CMD Watchman: Not Found SDKs: Android SDK: API Levels: 27, 28 Build Tools: 28.0.3 System Images: android-27 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-28 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom Android NDK: Not Found IDEs: Android Studio: Version 3.6.0.0 AI-192.7142.36.36.6308749
Languages: Java: 1.8.0_232 Python: 3.7.4 npmPackages: @react-native-community/cli: Not Found react: 16.11.0 => 16.11.0 react-native: 0.62.2 => 0.62.2 npmGlobalPackages: react-native: Not Found

Steps to reproduce

1. I followed the exact instruction on the page for Windows.
2. I created the app by react-native init TestApp.
3. I followed the instruction to build the release apk and tested with run-android --version release
4. The app is installed successfully on the emulator. However it will not run, and says:

Expected Results

expected: application run on emulator, but it says ‘TestApp keeps stopping’

Snack, code example, screenshot, or link to a repository:

It’s just the code created by init and didn’t change any code yet.

[okwast]

For people watching this thread, I found a solution for my problem here: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/25923#issuecomment-594047945

[q-bird]

Following this guide @okwast