Package R does not exist (Release variant on Android only)

[mfbx9da4]

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System:
    OS: macOS 10.15.2
    CPU: (4) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7360U CPU @ 2.30GHz
    Memory: 128.02 MB / 8.00 GB
    Shell: 5.7.1 - /bin/zsh
  Binaries:
    Node: 10.15.3 - /usr/local/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.17.3 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
    npm: 6.14.4 - /usr/local/bin/npm
    Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
  Managers:
    CocoaPods: 1.9.1 - /usr/local/bin/pod
  SDKs:
    iOS SDK:
      Platforms: iOS 13.2, DriverKit 19.0, macOS 10.15, tvOS 13.2, watchOS 6.1
    Android SDK: Not Found
  IDEs:
    Android Studio: 3.6 AI-192.7142.36.36.6308749
    Xcode: 11.3.1/11C504 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
  Languages:
    Java: 12.0.1 - /usr/bin/javac
    Python: 3.7.4 - /Users/davidadler/.pyenv/shims/python
  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

What react-native-splash-screen version are you using?

"react-native-splash-screen": "^3.2.0"

What platform does your issue occur on? (Android/iOS/Both)

Android

Describe your issue as precisely as possible : 1) Steps to reproduce the issue or to explain in which case you get the issue

yarn add react-native-splash-screen 
./node_modules/react-native/cli.js link react-native-splash-screen
./node_modules/react-native/cli.js run-android --variant=release

I tried following manual installation but I got the same issue as show below. Interestingly, no errors when running with debug variant ./node_modules/react-native/cli.js run-android and I can see the splash screen is working.

2) Interesting logs

...app/node_modules/react-native-splash-screen/android/src/main/java/org/devio/rn/splashscreen/SplashScreen.java:32: error: package R does not exist
                    mSplashDialog.setContentView(R.layout.launch_screen);
                                                  ^
...app/node_modules/react-native-splash-screen/android/src/main/java/org/devio/rn/splashscreen/SplashScreen.java:47: error: package R does not exist
        int resourceId = fullScreen ? R.style.SplashScreen_Fullscreen : R.style.SplashScreen_SplashTheme;
                                       ^
...app/node_modules/react-native-splash-screen/android/src/main/java/org/devio/rn/splashscreen/SplashScreen.java:47: error: package R does not exist
        int resourceId = fullScreen ? R.style.SplashScreen_Fullscreen : R.style.SplashScreen_SplashTheme;
                                                                         ^
3 errors
3 warnings

My main activity

package com.example.myapp;

import android.os.Bundle;
import com.facebook.react.ReactActivity;
import com.facebook.react.ReactActivityDelegate;
import com.facebook.react.ReactRootView;
import com.swmansion.gesturehandler.react.RNGestureHandlerEnabledRootView;
import org.devio.rn.splashscreen.SplashScreen;

public class MainActivity extends ReactActivity {
    /**
     * Returns the name of the main component registered from JavaScript.
     * This is used to schedule rendering of the component.
     */
    @Override
    protected String getMainComponentName() {
        return "MyApp";
    }

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        SplashScreen.show(this);
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    }

    @Override
    protected ReactActivityDelegate createReactActivityDelegate() {
        return new ReactActivityDelegate(this, getMainComponentName()) {
            @Override
            protected ReactRootView createRootView() {
                return new RNGestureHandlerEnabledRootView(MainActivity.this);
            }
        };
    }

[paour]

We have a similar issue, but for the debug buildType…

[bosyo]

Any updates with this one? I am also facing this issue on variant release.