could not find method signingConfig() - build.gradle

Question

i was trying to make release and debug variants of my app so i made some changes to build.gradle of my project but when i tried to sync gradle file there is an error occured.
here is my gradle file code
release{
storeFile file("C:\\Users\\jitendra\\AndroidStudioProjects\\NewsApp\\config\\NewsAppKey.jks");
storePassword("Password123");
keyAlias("NewsAppKey");
keyPassword("Password123");
}
}
buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled true
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard.cfg'
signingConfig signingConfig.release
}
debug{
debuggable true
applicationIdSuffix ".debug"
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard.cfg','proguard_debug.cfg'
}
}
packagingOptions {
exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE'
exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE.txt'
exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE'
exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE.txt'
}
here is error
Error:(15, 0) Could not find method signingConfig() for arguments [build_c5ycoyx8ri4a8n6vogeddf49z$_run_closure1$_closure4#6ca2a2ce] on object of type com.android.build.gradle.AppExtension.
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Answer 1

Should be signingConfig signingConfigs.release not signingConfig signingConfig.release (note the extra "s").
Also, I would suggest avoiding giving the signing config the same name as your build type, as it can confuse Gradle. I always give it a different name, even something like "scRelease" should be okay.