React Native 0.57.1 Android Duplicate Resources

Question

When running ./android/gradlew assembleRelease I get the following error:

``` * What went wrong: Execution failed for task \':app:mergeReleaseResources\

Answer 1

Had the same error. What I did to resolve it:

1. delete all the pictures in the drawable folder android/app/src/main/res
2. generate apk cd android && gradlew assembleRelease