diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 328807e02..cb0647865 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     "clean": "lerna clean -y && lerna run clean",
     "linkChecker": "linkchecker https://joplinapp.org",
     "releaseDesktop": "node packages/tools/release-electron.js",
+    "releaseAndroid": "node packages/tools/release-android.js",
     "publishAll": "git pull && lerna version --no-git-tag-version && gulp completePublishAll"
   },
   "husky": {
diff --git a/packages/app-mobile/.gitignore b/packages/app-mobile/.gitignore
index b51f98e02..0c730cb52 100644
--- a/packages/app-mobile/.gitignore
+++ b/packages/app-mobile/.gitignore
@@ -61,3 +61,4 @@ buck-out/
 # Custom
 lib/csstojs/
 lib/rnInjectedJs/
+dist/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/app-mobile/android/app/build.gradle b/packages/app-mobile/android/app/build.gradle
index 7c6405572..d0306f7cc 100644
--- a/packages/app-mobile/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/app-mobile/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ android {
         applicationId "net.cozic.joplin"
         minSdkVersion rootProject.ext.minSdkVersion
         targetSdkVersion rootProject.ext.targetSdkVersion
-		versionCode 2097602
-		versionName "1.4.0"
+		versionCode 2097608
+		versionName "1.4.6"
 		ndk {
 			abiFilters "armeabi-v7a", "x86", "arm64-v8a", "x86_64"
 		}
diff --git a/packages/app-mobile/android/gradle.properties b/packages/app-mobile/android/gradle.properties
index 3bdbd3d4e..f166ae229 100644
--- a/packages/app-mobile/android/gradle.properties
+++ b/packages/app-mobile/android/gradle.properties
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # The setting is particularly useful for tweaking memory settings.
 # Default value: -Xmx10248m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m
 # org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4g -XX:MaxPermSize=2048m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
 
 # When configured, Gradle will run in incubating parallel mode.
 # This option should only be used with decoupled projects. More details, visit
diff --git a/packages/app-mobile/gulpfile.js b/packages/app-mobile/gulpfile.js
index eb1419490..35631f3a7 100644
--- a/packages/app-mobile/gulpfile.js
+++ b/packages/app-mobile/gulpfile.js
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ const tasks = {
 	podInstall: {
 		fn: require('./tools/podInstall'),
 	},
+	prepareRelease: {
+		fn: require('./tools/prepareRelease'),
+	},
 	// clean: {
 	// 	fn: require('./tools/clean'),
 	// },
diff --git a/packages/app-mobile/package.json b/packages/app-mobile/package.json
index 648d6fffd..3b2c944c7 100644
--- a/packages/app-mobile/package.json
+++ b/packages/app-mobile/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@joplinapp/lib": "^1.0.9",
     "@joplinapp/renderer": "^1.0.17",
-    "@joplinapp/tools": "^1.0.9",
     "@react-native-community/clipboard": "^1.5.0",
     "@react-native-community/datetimepicker": "^3.0.3",
     "@react-native-community/geolocation": "^2.0.2",
@@ -59,6 +58,7 @@
     "valid-url": "^1.0.9"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@joplinapp/tools": "^1.0.9",
     "@babel/core": "^7.11.6",
     "@babel/runtime": "^7.11.2",
     "@types/node": "^14.14.6",
diff --git a/packages/app-mobile/tools/prepareRelease.js b/packages/app-mobile/tools/prepareRelease.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d564711a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/app-mobile/tools/prepareRelease.js
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// This is to replace the symlinks inside node_modules with the actual packages
+// as I assumed it was needed to build the final release. However it seems
+// Android `assembleRelease` handles symlinks properly so maybe this is not
+// needed after all ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
+
+const { copyDir } = require('@joplinapp/tools/gulp/utils');
+const { rootDir, deleteLink, toSystemSlashes } = require('@joplinapp/tools/tool-utils');
+const mobileDir = `${rootDir}/packages/app-mobile`;
+
+module.exports = async function() {
+	const dirsToCopy = [
+		'fork-htmlparser2',
+		'fork-sax',
+		'lib',
+		'renderer',
+	];
+
+	const destDir = `${mobileDir}/node_modules/@joplinapp`;
+
+	for (const dir of dirsToCopy) {
+		const destPath = toSystemSlashes(`${destDir}/${dir}`);
+		const sourcePath = toSystemSlashes(`${rootDir}/packages/${dir}`);
+
+		console.info(`Copying ${sourcePath} => ${destPath}`);
+
+		// TODO: copy symlink so that it can be restored
+		await deleteLink(destPath);
+		await copyDir(sourcePath, destPath, {
+			excluded: ['node_modules'],
+		});
+	}
+};
diff --git a/packages/tools/release-android.js b/packages/tools/release-android.js
index 00856935a..be716bdf2 100644
--- a/packages/tools/release-android.js
+++ b/packages/tools/release-android.js
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 const fs = require('fs-extra');
-const { execCommand, execCommandWithPipes, githubRelease, githubOauthToken, fileExists } = require('./tool-utils.js');
+const { execCommandVerbose, execCommandWithPipes, githubRelease, githubOauthToken, fileExists } = require('./tool-utils.js');
 const path = require('path');
 const fetch = require('node-fetch');
 const uriTemplate = require('uri-template');
 
 const projectName = 'joplin-android';
-const rnDir = `${__dirname}/../packages/app-mobile`;
+const rnDir = `${__dirname}/../../packages/app-mobile`;
 const rootDir = path.dirname(__dirname);
-const releaseDir = `${rootDir}/_releases`;
+const releaseDir = `${rnDir}/dist`;
 
 // function wslToWinPath(wslPath) {
 // 	const s = wslPath.split('/');
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ async function createRelease(name, tagName, version) {
 	console.info(`Building APK file v${suffix}...`);
 
 	let restoreDir = null;
-	let apkBuildCmd = 'assembleRelease -PbuildDir=build';
+	let apkBuildCmd = '';
+	const apkBuildCmdArgs = ['assembleRelease', '-PbuildDir=build'];
 	if (await fileExists('/mnt/c/Windows/System32/cmd.exe')) {
 		// In recent versions (of Gradle? React Native?), running gradlew.bat from WSL throws the following error:
 
@@ -114,14 +115,12 @@ async function createRelease(name, tagName, version) {
 		apkBuildCmd = '';
 	} else {
 		process.chdir(`${rnDir}/android`);
-		apkBuildCmd = `./gradlew ${apkBuildCmd}`;
+		apkBuildCmd = './gradlew';
 		restoreDir = rootDir;
 	}
 
 	if (apkBuildCmd) {
-		console.info(apkBuildCmd);
-		const output = await execCommand(apkBuildCmd);
-		console.info(output);
+		await execCommandVerbose(apkBuildCmd, apkBuildCmdArgs);
 	}
 
 	if (restoreDir) process.chdir(restoreDir);
@@ -129,11 +128,11 @@ async function createRelease(name, tagName, version) {
 	await fs.mkdirp(releaseDir);
 
 	console.info(`Copying APK to ${apkFilePath}`);
-	await fs.copy('packages/app-mobile/android/app/build/outputs/apk/release/app-release.apk', apkFilePath);
+	await fs.copy('app-mobile/android/app/build/outputs/apk/release/app-release.apk', apkFilePath);
 
 	if (name === 'main') {
 		console.info(`Copying APK to ${releaseDir}/joplin-latest.apk`);
-		await fs.copy('packages/app-mobile/android/app/build/outputs/apk/release/app-release.apk', `${releaseDir}/joplin-latest.apk`);
+		await fs.copy('app-mobile/android/app/build/outputs/apk/release/app-release.apk', `${releaseDir}/joplin-latest.apk`);
 	}
 
 	for (const filename in originalContents) {
@@ -177,12 +176,12 @@ async function main() {
 		await fs.writeFile('README.md', readmeContent);
 	}
 
-	console.info(await execCommand('git pull'));
-	console.info(await execCommand('git add -A'));
-	console.info(await execCommand(`git commit -m "Android release v${version}"`));
-	console.info(await execCommand(`git tag ${tagName}`));
-	console.info(await execCommand('git push'));
-	console.info(await execCommand('git push --tags'));
+	await execCommandVerbose('git', ['pull']);
+	await execCommandVerbose('git', ['add', '-A']);
+	await execCommandVerbose('git', ['commit', '-m', `Android release v${version}`]);
+	await execCommandVerbose('git', ['tag', tagName]);
+	await execCommandVerbose('git', ['push']);
+	await execCommandVerbose('git', ['push', '--tags']);
 
 	console.info(`Creating GitHub release ${tagName}...`);
 
diff --git a/packages/tools/tool-utils.js b/packages/tools/tool-utils.js
index 7543ff0fd..0fe1e8b86 100644
--- a/packages/tools/tool-utils.js
+++ b/packages/tools/tool-utils.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 const fetch = require('node-fetch');
 const fs = require('fs-extra');
+const execa = require('execa');
+const { execSync } = require('child_process');
 
 const toolUtils = {};
 
@@ -21,6 +23,30 @@ toolUtils.execCommand = function(command) {
 	});
 };
 
+function quotePath(path) {
+	if (!path) return '';
+	if (path.indexOf('"') < 0 && path.indexOf(' ') < 0) return path;
+	path = path.replace(/"/, '\\"');
+	return `"${path}"`;
+}
+
+function commandToString(commandName, args = []) {
+	const output = [quotePath(commandName)];
+
+	for (const arg of args) {
+		output.push(quotePath(arg));
+	}
+
+	return output.join(' ');
+}
+
+toolUtils.execCommandVerbose = function(commandName, args = []) {
+	console.info(`> ${commandToString(commandName, args)}`);
+	const promise = execa(commandName, args);
+	promise.stdout.pipe(process.stdout);
+	return promise;
+};
+
 toolUtils.execCommandWithPipes = function(executable, args) {
 	const spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
 
@@ -41,6 +67,28 @@ toolUtils.execCommandWithPipes = function(executable, args) {
 	});
 };
 
+toolUtils.toSystemSlashes = function(path) {
+	const os = process.platform;
+	if (os === 'win32') return path.replace(/\//g, '\\');
+	return path.replace(/\\/g, '/');
+};
+
+toolUtils.deleteLink = async function(path) {
+	if (toolUtils.isWindows()) {
+		try {
+			execSync(`rmdir "${toolUtils.toSystemSlashes(path)}"`, { stdio: 'pipe' });
+		} catch (error) {
+			// console.info('Error: ' + error.message);
+		}
+	} else {
+		try {
+			fs.unlinkSync(toolUtils.toSystemSlashes(path));
+		} catch (error) {
+			// ignore
+		}
+	}
+};
+
 toolUtils.credentialDir = async function() {
 	const username = require('os').userInfo().username;