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Strategies for beta testing on real device

What you will learn

Generate a development build and try our app without Expo Go.

👾 Before we start the exercise

Have a look at "create development builds" documentation

👨‍🚀 Exercise 3

Update your eas.json file to create and install an EAS Build

Android

build a development binary on the expo platform for android

To create and install the development build on an Android device, you will need a .apk. To create it, run the following command:

eas build --profile development --platform android

After the build is complete, copy the .apk URL from the build details page or the link provided when eas build has finished.
Send that URL to your device and open it to download and install the .apk.

production variants in a managed project

Download the build artifact directly on your device from expo.dev website

iOS

build a development binary on the expo platform for iOS

eas build --profile development --platform ios

You can check this video for beta testing your React Native application with Expo on real iOS device.

Download the build artifact directly on your device from expo.dev website