diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1b72ccfbe155f634e18d6d2341c9e51e8ed09cc4..69f540fc794bbd88094d0ae33d63fa30704f535a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -46,4 +46,4 @@ app.*.map.json
 /android/app/release
 
 # Include generated APK files
-!/build/app/outputs/apk/release/
+
diff --git a/build/app/outputs/apk/release/app-release.apk b/build/app/outputs/apk/release/app-release.apk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..82a2e40808dcca17f15756c8b08cc850d489d6dc
Binary files /dev/null and b/build/app/outputs/apk/release/app-release.apk differ
diff --git a/build/app/outputs/apk/release/output-metadata.json b/build/app/outputs/apk/release/output-metadata.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3446ddc614a49dc6c77209acc3c7f5afe9635fc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/app/outputs/apk/release/output-metadata.json
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+  "version": 2,
+  "artifactType": {
+    "type": "APK",
+    "kind": "Directory"
+  },
+  "applicationId": "awi.de.mobileeventlog",
+  "variantName": "processReleaseResources",
+  "elements": [
+    {
+      "type": "SINGLE",
+      "filters": [],
+      "versionCode": 1,
+      "versionName": "1.0.0",
+      "outputFile": "app-release.apk"
+    }
+  ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file