Open a new terminal/prompt at the root of the project.

Remove unwanted plugins:

ionic plugin rm cordova-plugin-console

Build the app in release mode:

cordova build --release android

This will generate an unsigned installer in release mode and place it at /platforms/android/build/outputs/apk/android-release-unsigned.apk.

Next, we need to create a signing key. If you already have a signing key or you are updating an existing app, you can continue to Step 6.

The private key is generated using the key tool. We will create a folder named deploy-keys and then save all these keys there. Once the folder is created, using the cd command, go to the folder and run this:

keytool -genkey -v -keystore app-name-release-key.keystore -alias...