Not working after installing expo-development-client

[ushyDev]

After installing the project from expo-firebase-starter, I added eas-cli and expo-development-client to the project. When I build the app through eas and release to testflight the app crashes after showing the loading screen. I have tested this several times by creating new projects and there is always the same error. It happens only after installing expo-development-client, but when I create new application using expo init and add expo-development-client everything works fine.

Steps to reproduction:

1. Create new app npx create-react-native-app --template https://github.com/expo-community/expo-firebase-starter
2. Add EAS CLI npm install -g eas-cli
3. Add expo install expo-dev-client
4. Build app with EAS for siimulator eas build -p ios --profile preview
5. Open app in simulator

package.json { "main": "node_modules/expo/AppEntry.js", "scripts": { "start": "expo start", "android": "expo start --android", "ios": "expo start --ios", "web": "expo start --web", "eject": "expo eject" }, "dependencies": { "@expo/vector-icons": "^13.0.0", "@react-native-masked-view/masked-view": "0.2.6", "@react-navigation/native": "^6.0.6", "@react-navigation/stack": "^6.0.11", "dotenv": "^10.0.0", "expo": "^45.0.0", "expo-constants": "~13.1.1", "expo-dev-client": "~0.9.6", "firebase": "9.1.0", "formik": "2.1.4", "react": "17.0.2", "react-dom": "17.0.2", "react-native": "^0.68.2", "react-native-gesture-handler": "~2.2.0", "react-native-keyboard-aware-scroll-view": "^0.9.4", "react-native-reanimated": "~2.8.0", "react-native-safe-area-context": "4.2.4", "react-native-screens": "~3.11.1", "react-native-web": "0.17.7", "yup": "0.27.0" }, "devDependencies": { "@babel/core": "^7.12.9", "@babel/runtime": "^7.9.0", "babel-preset-expo": "~9.1.0" }, "private": true, "version": "1.0.0", "name": "my-test-app" }

[amandeepmittal]

Thanks @ushyDev for pointing this out. I'll take a look and let you know.

[ushyDev]

I got it 😄 After installing expo-development-client I had to move the values from .env to the eas.json configuration file.

[amandeepmittal]

Ah man, that's really awesome that you figured it out :)