diff --git a/local-cli/templates/HelloWorld/android/app/proguard-rules.pro b/local-cli/templates/HelloWorld/android/app/proguard-rules.pro
index 48361a901..6e8516c8d 100644
--- a/local-cli/templates/HelloWorld/android/app/proguard-rules.pro
+++ b/local-cli/templates/HelloWorld/android/app/proguard-rules.pro
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@
 
 -dontwarn com.facebook.react.**
 
+# TextLayoutBuilder uses a non-public Android constructor within StaticLayout.
+# See libs/proxy/src/main/java/com/facebook/fbui/textlayoutbuilder/proxy for details.
+-dontwarn android.text.StaticLayout
+
 # okhttp
 
 -keepattributes Signature