Android Studioで既存のreact nativeアプリをnpx react-native run-androidで実行し、エミュレーターで確認出来るようにしたい

前提・実現したいこと

ここに質問の内容を詳しく書いてください。
GitHubからダウンロードした既存のアプリをAndroid Studioを使い、エミュレーターで確認したいのですが、
エラーが発生して上手く起動できません。

発生している問題・エラーメッセージ

> Configure project :app
Please create release.properties in project root.

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* Where:
Build file '/Users/ユーザー/master09/android/app/build.gradle' line: 166

* What went wrong:
A problem occurred evaluating project ':app'.
> path may not be null or empty string. path='null'

* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.

* Get more help at https://help.gradle.org

BUILD FAILED in 1m 47s

error Failed to install the app. Make sure you have the Android development environment set up: https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/getting-started.html#android-development-environment. Run CLI with --verbose flag for more details.
Error: Command failed: ./gradlew app:installDebug -PreactNativeDevServerPort=8081

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* Where:
Build file '/Users/ユーザー/master09/android/app/build.gradle' line: 166

* What went wrong:
A problem occurred evaluating project ':app'.
> path may not be null or empty string. path='null'

* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.

* Get more help at https://help.gradle.org

BUILD FAILED in 1m 47s

    at checkExecSyncError (child_process.js:616:11)
    at execFileSync (child_process.js:634:15)
    at runOnAllDevices (/Users/ユーザー/master09/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-android/build/commands/runAndroid/runOnAllDevices.js:94:39)
    at buildAndRun (/Users/ユーザー/master09/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-android/build/commands/runAndroid/index.js:158:41)
    at /Users/ユーザー/master09/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-android/build/commands/runAndroid/index.js:125:12
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:93:5)
    at async Command.handleAction (/Users/ユーザー/master09/node_modules/react-native/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli/build/index.js:164:9)

該当のソースコード

　　　　　　　signingConfigs {
        debug {
            storeFile file('debug.keystore')
            storePassword 'android'
            keyAlias 'androiddebugkey'
            keyPassword 'android'
        }
        release {
            storeFile rootProject.file(props.storeFile)
            storePassword props.storePassword
            keyAlias props.keyAlias
            keyPassword props.keyPassword
        }
    }
    buildTypes {
        debug {
            signingConfig signingConfigs.debug
        }
        release {
            signingConfig signingConfigs.release
            minifyEnabled enableProguardInReleaseBuilds
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android.txt"), "proguard-rules.pro"
        }
    }

試したこと

該当のソースコードをコメントアウトし、再度run android

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:processDebugResources'.
> A failure occurred while executing com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.Workers$ActionFacade
   > Android resource linking failed
     /Users/ユーザー/.gradle/caches/transforms-2/files-2.1/2bd0ba19105b3b3df0d9bb3223076eba/core-1.7.0/res/values/values.xml:105:5-114:25: AAPT: error: resource android:attr/lStar not found.

AndroidManifest.xmlが悪さしてるのかと思い確認したところ

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  package="com.dopingapp">

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

    <application
      android:name=".**MainApplication**"
      android:label="@string/app_name"
      **android:icon**="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
      **android:roundIcon**="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
      **android:allowBackup**="false"
      **android:theme**="@style/AppTheme"
      **android:usesCleartextTraffic**="true"
      **android:resizeableActivity**="false"
      >

      <activity
        android:name=".**MainActivity**"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        **android:configChanges**="keyboard|keyboardHidden|screenSize"
        **android:screenOrientation**="portrait"
        **android:windowSoftInputMode**="adjustPan">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
      </activity>
      <activity android:name="**com.facebook.react.devsupport.DevSettingsActivity**" />
    </application>
</manifest>

「**」で囲んだ部分でエラーが発生していました。
此処まで来ると記事も少なく、解決方法が分かりません。
お知恵を貸していただけると幸いです。

補足情報（FW/ツールのバージョンなど）

node v14.15.1
watchman 2021.10.18.00
JDK adoptopenjdk8
com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.1
distributionUrl=https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.5-all.zip