you need a key to sign your apk
if you dont have one you can generate it with the command
keytool -genkey -v -keystore my-release-key.keystore -alias alias_name -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000
ionic cordova build --release android
jarsigner -verbose -sigalg SHA1withRSA -digestalg SHA1 -keystore via-sms-key.keystore android-release-unsigned.apk alias_name
zipalign -v 4 android-release-unsigned.apk viaSms.apk