This is an expo development build project. A project which allows devs to access native projects without relying on expo managed application allowing deeper control over the native code.
JAVA JDK 17 must be installed for android builds as with React Native 0.73, the minimum version of Java required has been updated to Java 17, which can be downloaded from here.
An emulator or physical device connected to the system. Expo app is not required for this project.
npm / yarn install
npx expo prebuild
npx expo run:android / run:ios
or install app-debug.apk from releases, open the app on phone, run the server by npx expo start and pick the server from app (similar to Expo go).
Note: You need to run npx expo prebuild before running the project for the first time or after adding a new package to the project. Other than that it can be skipped. When using app-debug.apk, both server and the device runing app must be on the same network.