switching to lazy variant configuration

app/build.gradle

@@ -16,11 +16,6 @@ android {
 
         if (isDebugBuild) {
             resConfigs "en", "xxhdpi"
-            variantFilter { variant ->
-                if (variant.buildType.name == "release") {
-                    setIgnore(true)
-                }
-            }
         } else {
             resConfigs "en"
         }
@@ -67,6 +62,13 @@ android {
     }
 }
 
+if (isDebugBuild) {
+    androidComponents {
+        def release = selector().withBuildType("release")
+        beforeVariants(release) { it.enabled = false }
+    }
+}
+
 dependencies {
     coreLibraryDesugaring Dependencies.google.jdkLibs