Expo Updates

Configuring Expo Updates

npx expo install expo-updates
 
eas update:configure

• For Expo Project: https://docs.expo.dev/deploy/instant-updates/
  • Runtime Version and Updates: https://docs.expo.dev/eas-update/runtime-versions/

Build and Publish Expo Update with Dynamic App Config

use cross-env or dotenv in CLI to set the env value during running eas update

# example
npx cross-env EXPO_PROJECT_OWNER=$your_expo_project_owner_value EXPO_PROJECT_ID=$expo_project_id_value EXPO_UPDATES_URL=$expo_updates_url eas update --channel staging --message "handle something"

Build and Publish Expo Update with Environment Context

EAS Update doesn’t read env from eas.json, it will read .env

• https://docs.expo.dev/eas-update/environment-variables/
  • https://docs.expo.dev/guides/environment-variables/
  • https://docs.expo.dev/build-reference/variables/
  • https://github.com/bkeepers/dotenv/blob/c6e583a/README.md#what-other-env-files-can-i-use

add NODE_ENV=production/test/development and make sure to add --clear-cache (to make sure expo loads the fresh value of the selected environment variables)

# example
npx cross-env NODE_ENV=production eas update --clear-cache --channel production --message "handle something"

References:

• https://github.com/expo/eas-cli/issues/2174#issuecomment-2053109651