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AFAIK using -—local still requires an eas account though.

qazxcvbnm 3y ago
It does. It's possible to make a patchset that lifts this restriction, though. If you're interested, I'd be willing to make it available.
- benterix 3y ago
  Just to make sure: if the company goes bankrupt, will I be able to continue releasing updates etc.?
  - jameside 3y ago
    The Expo Updates protocol is an open standard specified here https://docs.expo.dev/technical-specs/expo-updates-1/ https://docs.expo.dev/technical-specs/expo-updates-1/ The hosted services offered by the Expo team called EAS has an implementation of an updates server that conforms to that protocol. If EAS went away or you wanted not to use EAS, you could write and operate your own server that conforms to the protocol instead.
- qazxcvbnm 3y ago
  The Expo setup that I use never calls into Expo servers at build time. For OTA updates, I've managed to get my self-hosted Expo update server working too, although I'm not using it at the moment, as its incompatible with the React Native New Architecture (it's the last expo package to lack this support - hopefully they'll add it soon).
  - psnehanshu 3y ago
    Do you have the self hosted OTA open-sourced? I tried implementating it, but it didn't work for some reason.
    - qazxcvbnm 3y ago
      Unfortunately my update server contains a bit more stuff which I'm not planning to clean up at the moment, but the logic of the update server really is taken right from their https://github.com/expo/custom-expo-updates-server https://github.com/expo/custom-expo-updates-server repo. Perhaps you were blocked by this https://github.com/expo/custom-expo-updates-server/issues/12 https://github.com/expo/custom-expo-updates-server/issues/12 ? If so, its been fixed in the meantime, perhaps it works for you now?
- synergy20 3y ago
  please do so, I would like to build it totally local and when I realize that outsourcing the build to the EAS cloud saves more time and money I will switch later, that sounds like a nice way to get more people use Expo.
  - qazxcvbnm 3y ago
    I've put a link to it on my other comment. Hope it helps.
petecoop 3y ago
I believe it still uses EAS for certificates by default. You can use "prebuild" to get the ios / android directories. Alternatively start a React Native app and install their modules separately. These options still work well but require a lot more setup.

It does. It's possible to make a patchset that lifts this restriction, though. If you're interested, I'd be willing to make it available.

benterix 3y ago
Just to make sure: if the company goes bankrupt, will I be able to continue releasing updates etc.?
- jameside 3y ago
  The Expo Updates protocol is an open standard specified here https://docs.expo.dev/technical-specs/expo-updates-1/ https://docs.expo.dev/technical-specs/expo-updates-1/ The hosted services offered by the Expo team called EAS has an implementation of an updates server that conforms to that protocol. If EAS went away or you wanted not to use EAS, you could write and operate your own server that conforms to the protocol instead.
qazxcvbnm 3y ago
The Expo setup that I use never calls into Expo servers at build time. For OTA updates, I've managed to get my self-hosted Expo update server working too, although I'm not using it at the moment, as its incompatible with the React Native New Architecture (it's the last expo package to lack this support - hopefully they'll add it soon).
- psnehanshu 3y ago
  Do you have the self hosted OTA open-sourced? I tried implementating it, but it didn't work for some reason.
  - qazxcvbnm 3y ago
    Unfortunately my update server contains a bit more stuff which I'm not planning to clean up at the moment, but the logic of the update server really is taken right from their https://github.com/expo/custom-expo-updates-server https://github.com/expo/custom-expo-updates-server repo. Perhaps you were blocked by this https://github.com/expo/custom-expo-updates-server/issues/12 https://github.com/expo/custom-expo-updates-server/issues/12 ? If so, its been fixed in the meantime, perhaps it works for you now?
synergy20 3y ago
please do so, I would like to build it totally local and when I realize that outsourcing the build to the EAS cloud saves more time and money I will switch later, that sounds like a nice way to get more people use Expo.
- qazxcvbnm 3y ago
  I've put a link to it on my other comment. Hope it helps.

petecoop 3y ago

I believe it still uses EAS for certificates by default. You can use "prebuild" to get the ios / android directories. Alternatively start a React Native app and install their modules separately. These options still work well but require a lot more setup.