diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 185be9135eb451..a4c71f320ab986 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -558,6 +558,12 @@ jobs:
       - run: *run-android-unit-tests
       - run: *run-android-instrumentation-tests
 
+      # Build Android RNTester
+      - run:
+          name: Build Android RNTester
+          command: |
+            ./gradlew RNTester:android:app:assembleRelease
+
       # Collect Results
       - run: *collect-android-test-results
       - store_test_results:
diff --git a/RNTester/android/app/build.gradle b/RNTester/android/app/build.gradle
index 5e5503b5eb7ca6..d34e0e1add4c47 100644
--- a/RNTester/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/RNTester/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def enableSeparateBuildPerCPUArchitecture = false
 /**
  * Run Proguard to shrink the Java bytecode in release builds.
  */
-def enableProguardInReleaseBuilds = false
+def enableProguardInReleaseBuilds = true
 
 android {
     compileSdkVersion 23
diff --git a/RNTester/android/app/gradle.properties b/RNTester/android/app/gradle.properties
index 04cbf4f74219c9..926d2479c3f36b 100644
--- a/RNTester/android/app/gradle.properties
+++ b/RNTester/android/app/gradle.properties
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ android.useDeprecatedNdk=true
 org.gradle.parallel=true
 org.gradle.configureondemand=true
 MYAPP_RELEASE_STORE_FILE=my-release-key.keystore
-MYAPP_RELEASE_KEY_ALIAS=my-key-alias
-MYAPP_RELEASE_STORE_PASSWORD=*****
-MYAPP_RELEASE_KEY_PASSWORD=*****
+MYAPP_RELEASE_KEY_ALIAS=androiddebugkey
+MYAPP_RELEASE_STORE_PASSWORD=android
+MYAPP_RELEASE_KEY_PASSWORD=android
diff --git a/RNTester/android/app/my-release-key.keystore b/RNTester/android/app/my-release-key.keystore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..364e105ed39fbf
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