You uploaded an APK that is not zip aligned. You will need to run a zip align tool on your APK and upload it again

Trying to submit my android apk to the Google Play Store for beta deployment
https://play.google.com/apps/publish/

upon attempting to upload my apk file the browser says

You uploaded an APK that is not zip aligned. You will need to run a zip align tool on your APK and upload it again.

I have previously signed and aligned my apk …the app executes just fine !!!

keytool -genkey -noprompt -v -dname "${dname_details}" -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000 -alias $app_nickname -storepass ${cool_pwd} -keypass ${cool_pwd} -keystore $signing_key

jarsigner -verbose -sigalg SHA1withRSA -digestalg SHA1 -storepass ${cool_pwd} -keypass ${cool_pwd}  -keystore  $signing_key  $unaligned_signed_apk   $app_nickname

zipalign -v -p 4 $unaligned_signed_apk  $aligned_signed_apk

I found mention of below as a way to auto sign + align during the meteor build step
Since the meteor build step auto creates dir xxx/android/yyy
how do I enable below file : android/release-signing.properties ?
Related are people using a build.json file ? I am not … suggestions ?

 Create a file called platforms/android/release-signing.properties, and put this in it:

storeFile=/path/to/your-keystore.keystore
storeType=jks
keyAlias=some-key
// if you don't want to enter the password at every build, use this:
keyPassword=your-key-password
storePassword=your-store-password

Ever figure this out?