diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d9abeedbe..41f145574 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,54 +1,47 @@
 language: android
-
 addons:
   apt:
     packages:
-      - w3m
-
+    - w3m
 env:
   global:
-    - ANDROID_TARGET=android-22
-    - ANDROID_ABI=armeabi-v7a
-    - ADB_INSTALL_TIMEOUT=12 # in minutes
-
+  - ANDROID_TARGET=android-22
+  - ANDROID_ABI=armeabi-v7a
+  - ADB_INSTALL_TIMEOUT=12
 jdk:
-  - oraclejdk8
-
+- oraclejdk8
 android:
   components:
-    - tools
-    - platform-tools
-    - build-tools-27.0.3
-    - extra-google-m2repository
-    - extra-android-m2repository
-    - android-22
-    - android-27
-    - sys-img-${ANDROID_ABI}-${ANDROID_TARGET}
+  - tools
+  - platform-tools
+  - build-tools-27.0.3
+  - extra-google-m2repository
+  - extra-android-m2repository
+  - android-22
+  - android-27
+  - sys-img-${ANDROID_ABI}-${ANDROID_TARGET}
   licenses:
-    - 'android-sdk-license-.+'
-
+  - android-sdk-license-.+
 before_script:
-  - echo no | android create avd --force -n test -t $ANDROID_TARGET --abi $ANDROID_ABI
-  - emulator -avd test -no-audio -no-window -no-boot-anim &
-  - android-wait-for-emulator
-
+- echo no | android create avd --force -n test -t $ANDROID_TARGET --abi $ANDROID_ABI
+- emulator -avd test -no-audio -no-window -no-boot-anim &
+- android-wait-for-emulator
 script:
-  - ./gradlew clean check connectedCheck jacocoTestReport
-
+- "./gradlew clean check connectedCheck jacocoTestReport"
 after_success:
-  - bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash)
-
+- bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash)
 after_failure:
-  - echo '*** Debug Unit Test Results ***'
-  - w3m -dump ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/app/build/reports/tests/*/classes/*Test.html
-  - echo '*** Connected Test Results ***'
-  - w3m -dump ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/app/build/reports/androidTests/connected/flavors/*/*Test.html
-
+- echo '*** Debug Unit Test Results ***'
+- w3m -dump ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/app/build/reports/tests/*/classes/*Test.html
+- echo '*** Connected Test Results ***'
+- w3m -dump ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/app/build/reports/androidTests/connected/flavors/*/*Test.html
 before_cache:
-  - rm -f  $HOME/.gradle/caches/modules-2/modules-2.lock
-  - rm -fr $HOME/.gradle/caches/*/plugin-resolution/
-
+- rm -f  $HOME/.gradle/caches/modules-2/modules-2.lock
+- rm -fr $HOME/.gradle/caches/*/plugin-resolution/
 cache:
   directories:
-    - $HOME/.gradle/caches/
-    - $HOME/.gradle/wrapper/
+  - "$HOME/.gradle/caches/"
+  - "$HOME/.gradle/wrapper/"
+before_install:
+- openssl aes-256-cbc -K $encrypted_7b5c925cc32c_key -iv $encrypted_7b5c925cc32c_iv
+  -in nr-commons.keystore.enc -out nr-commons.keystore -d
diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index c2c02d2a4..23d6fd9db 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -117,12 +117,17 @@ android {
         test.assets.srcDirs += 'src/main/assets'
         test.resources.srcDirs += 'src/main/resoures'
     }
+	
+	signingConfigs {
+        release
+    }
 
     buildTypes {
         release {
             minifyEnabled true
             proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.txt'
             testProguardFile 'test-proguard-rules.txt'
+			signingConfig signingConfigs.release
         }
         debug {
             minifyEnabled true
@@ -132,6 +137,16 @@ android {
             versionNameSuffix "-debug-" + getBranchName() + "~" + getBuildVersion()
         }
     }
+	
+    def isRunningOnTravis = System.getenv("CI") == "true"
+
+    if (isRunningOnTravis) {
+        // configure keystore based on env vars in Travis for automated alpha builds
+        signingConfigs.release.storeFile = file("../nr-commons.keystore")
+        signingConfigs.release.storePassword = System.getenv("keystore_password")
+        signingConfigs.release.keyAlias = System.getenv("key_alias")
+        signingConfigs.release.keyPassword = System.getenv("key_password")
+    }
 
     flavorDimensions 'tier'
     productFlavors {
diff --git a/nr-commons.keystore.enc b/nr-commons.keystore.enc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aba040286
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