Adjust gradle dependencies to enable the build to position assets for the APK

android-project/app/build.gradle

@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ android {
             proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
         }
     }
+    applicationVariants.all { variant ->
+        tasks["merge${variant.name.capitalize()}Assets"]
+            .dependsOn("externalNativeBuild${variant.name.capitalize()}")
+    }
     if (!project.hasProperty('EXCLUDE_NATIVE_LIBS')) {
         sourceSets.main {
             jniLibs.srcDir 'libs'