suluuboi/local-eas-test

I want to compile a project locally and then use eas debbuging and development build.

Steps

Part 1: Build the project

1. create a react-native app npx create-expo-app@latest --template tabs.

2. build the app with android studio expo run:ios -or android or ucan use eas.

   more info

   • I added as script called build-app-android in this project that does just this task.
   • This will crate an android folder in your route project. (the app will also run on you phone locally if adb is configured)
   • if you dont have android studio or xcode installed on your local pc you can use ESA to buld the app for you(on the cloud). eas build -p ios -or android

3. run a development build locally on your pc using expo start --dev-client

Now that your app is running locally we now need to connect it to esa.

Part 2: ESA conection

4. configure the project to use EAS. eas build:configure
5. Send the development build to EAS for developers to run javascript code no need to compil the android apk. eas build --profile development --platform android
6. You can also compile an APK with EAS to install on a local andrpod device. eas build -p android --profile preview

resources

• What is a development build
• Create a development build
• Building an APK for testing