Publishing Android App from Visual Studio

Question

I do the following steps:

1. Click on Build (from VS)
2. Click on Archive (from the VS Dropdown) VS Archives the app as an APK (it's one file)
3. Click on Distribute
4. The Google Play Option is greyed out so I choose Ad Hoc
5. Add the Signing Identity
6. Open the Distribution folder
7. Run zipalign -p -f -v 4 on the apk specifying the output apk
8. Zipalign appears successful. So I try to upload to Google Play

9 UH OH: You uploaded an APK with an invalid signature (learn more about signing). Error from apksigner: ERROR (Jar signer XXX.RSA): JAR signature META-INF/XXX.SF indicates the APK is signed using APK Signature Scheme v2 but no such signature was found. Signature stripped? ERROR (Jar signer XXX.RSA): JAR signature META-INF/XXX.SF indicates the APK is signed using APK Signature Scheme v3 but no such signature was found. Signature stripped?

OY VEY. What now?