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

👨‍🚀 Exercise 3

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.

production variants in a managed project

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