Android App crashes when testing release build (apk) but works in expo

When I run the app on the real phone I get these errors

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to get provider com.google.android.gms.ads.MobileAdsInitProvider: java.lang.IllegalStateException:



at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:7221)
at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders(ActivityThread.java:6699)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:6594)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1400(ActivityThread.java:229)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1901)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:107)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:226)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7592)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:539)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:950)

Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException:



at com.google.android.gms.internal.ads.kx2.attachInfo(com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads-lite@@19.4.0:12)
at com.google.android.gms.ads.MobileAdsInitProvider.attachInfo(com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads-lite@@19.4.0:1)
at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:7216)
... 10 more

Hi. So you’re using AdMob?

Did you add the App ID to app.json?

https://docs.expo.dev/versions/latest/sdk/admob/#configuration