diff --git a/example/android/app/build.gradle b/example/android/app/build.gradle
index f21623b..45e0615 100644
--- a/example/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/example/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -79,8 +79,12 @@ project.ext.react = [
     enableHermes: true,  // clean and rebuild if changing
     entryFile: "index.tsx",
 ]
+project.ext.vectoricons = [
+    iconFontNames: [ 'MaterialIcons.ttf', 'Ionicons.ttf' ]
+]
 
 apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native/react.gradle"
+apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native-vector-icons/fonts.gradle"
 
 /**
  * Set this to true to create two separate APKs instead of one: