reacct native preparing apk fails

Question

I am in process of learning react-native, and in that regard, I initiated react-native default app, screenshots are attached.

I am struck at preparing apk via expo and react-native-cli both, when generating apk via exp it crashes on an android device whereas it works just fine in the browser, android, and ios simulators.

this is the error when exporting via react-native

I'm following this guidelines link https://reactnative.dev/docs/signed-apk-android

Any help or hint would be appreciated, thanks in advance