eas update not pushing updates to apps installed directly with APK

[byronthe123]

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Summary

I followed this article for migrating from expo publish to eas update. I completed all the steps without any error messages. After using the following command to publish my update eas update --channel production, I checked my app which was installed on an Android device directly via an APK. It is NOT receving any updates. Does eas update not work with apps installed via APK? If not, how am I supposed to update apps in this scenario as I can't put this app on the Google Play Store since it's an in-house corporate app which is only distributed via APKs.

Managed or bare?

Managed

Environment

expo-env-info 1.2.0 environment info:
System:
OS: Windows 11 10.0.22631
Binaries:
Node: 18.17.0 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.EXE
npm: 9.6.7 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.CMD
IDEs:
Android Studio: AI-223.8836.35.2231.10671973
npmPackages:
expo: ~50.0.5 => 50.0.5
metro: ^0.80.5 => 0.80.5
react: 18.2.0 => 18.2.0
react-dom: 18.2.0 => 18.2.0
react-native: 0.73.2 => 0.73.2
react-native-web: ~0.19.6 => 0.19.10
Expo Workflow: managed

✔ Check Expo config for common issues
✔ Check package.json for common issues
✔ Check dependencies for packages that should not be installed directly
✔ Check for common project setup issues
✔ Check npm/ yarn versions
✔ Check Expo config (app.json/ app.config.js) schema
✔ Check that native modules do not use incompatible support packages
✔ Check for legacy global CLI installed locally
✔ Check that packages match versions required by installed Expo SDK
✔ Check that native modules use compatible support package versions for installed Expo SDK

Error output

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Reproducible demo or steps to reproduce from a blank project

I do not have a reproducible demo.

[byronthe123]

Update, I figured out my issue. The runtimeVersion in app.json but be the same for the build and the update for the update work properly.

[yeakiniqra]

I am also facing the same Issue,How can I get rid of this?
PS F:\Web Development\React Native\UAPedia Update\UAPedia> eas update
√ Which branch would you like to use? » preview - current update: N/A
√ Provide an update message: ... Initial commit

Generated by create-expo-app 2.3.5.
[expo-cli] Starting Metro Bundler
[expo-cli]
[expo-cli] Error: Unable to resolve module .\node_modules\expo-router\entry.js from F:\Web Development\React Native\UAPedia Update\UAPedia/.: .\node_modules\expo-router\entry.js could not be found within the project or in these directories:
[expo-cli] node_modules
[expo-cli] Error: Unable to resolve module .\node_modules\expo-router\entry.js from F:\Web Development\React Native\UAPedia Update\UAPedia/.: .\node_modules\expo-router\entry.js could not be found within the project or in these directories:
[expo-cli] node_modules
[expo-cli] at ModuleResolver.resolveDependency (F:\Web Development\React Native\UAPedia Update\UAPedia\node_modules\metro\src\node-haste\DependencyGraph\ModuleResolution.js:138:15)
[expo-cli] at DependencyGraph.resolveDependency (F:\Web Development\React Native\UAPedia Update\UAPedia\node_modules\metro\src\node-haste\DependencyGraph.js:231:43)
[expo-cli] at F:\Web Development\React Native\UAPedia Update\UAPedia\node_modules\metro\src\lib\transformHelpers.js:156:21
[expo-cli] at Server._resolveRelativePath (F:\Web Development\React Native\UAPedia Update\UAPedia\node_modules\metro\src\Server.js:1023:12)
[expo-cli] at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
[expo-cli] at MetroBundlerDevServer.resolveRelativePathAsync (F:\Web Development\React Native\UAPedia Update\UAPedia\node_modules@expo\cli\src\start\server\metro\MetroBundlerDevServer.ts:1204:12)
[expo-cli] at MetroBundlerDevServer.metroLoadModuleContents (F:\Web Development\React Native\UAPedia Update\UAPedia\node_modules@expo\cli\src\start\server\metro\MetroBundlerDevServer.ts:429:35)
[expo-cli] at MetroBundlerDevServer.legacySinglePageExportBundleAsync (F:\Web Development\React Native\UAPedia Update\UAPedia\node_modules@expo\cli\src\start\server\metro\MetroBundlerDevServer.ts:552:20)
[expo-cli] at F:\Web Development\React Native\UAPedia Update\UAPedia\node_modules@expo\cli\src\export\exportApp.ts:137:26
[expo-cli] at async Promise.all (index 0)
✖ Export failed
F:\Web Development\React Native\UAPedia Update\UAPedia\node_modules\expo\bin\cli exited with non-zero code: 1
Error: update command failed.