EAS build fails for clean nx + expo app apparently due to missing dependencies, yet pre/post hooks run without issues

[rudfoss]

Current Behavior

Running EAS build for an Expo app in a monorepo fails. The cause seems to be that the eas-build-pre-install and eas-build-post-install do not take effect correctly and the default package.json file in the app is used instead of the full one.

Expected Behavior

Eas build should work using a newly generated expo app in an Nx monorepo.

GitHub Repo

https://github.com/rudfoss/nx-expo-test

Steps to Reproduce

See readme of repro repo

1. Create workspace

pnpm create create-nx-workspace@latest nx-expo-test --workspaceType=integrated --nxCloud=skip --preset=apps --defaultBase=main

2. Update .npmrc

strict-peer-dependencies=false
auto-install-peers=true
node-linker=hoisted # added to ensure babel works

3. Reinstall dependencies

pnpm i

4. Install expo plugin

pnpm exec nx add @nx/expo

5. Generate expo app

pnpm exec nx generate @nx/expo:application --name=nx-expo-test --directory=apps/nx-expo-test --displayName=NxExpoTest --e2eTestRunner=playwright --projectNameAndRootFormat=as-provided --no-interactive

6. Add eas-cli dependency

pnpm add -D eas-cli

7. Add eas project id and identifiers to app.json

"ios": {
  "bundleIdentifier": "com.thr.nxexpotest"
},

"android": {
  "package": "com.thr.nxexpotest"
},

"extra": {
  "eas": {
    "projectId": "b9e09a49-29bb-459c-9984-1998087378b7"
  }
}

8. Login and run EAS build for Android (generate new Android Keystore if prompted)

pnpm exec eas login
pnpm exec nx run nx-expo-test:build -- --platform android

9. Build fails due to missing dependencies

Nx Report

NX   Report complete - copy this into the issue template

Node   : 20.9.0
OS     : win32-x64
pnpm   : 8.15.4

nx                 : 18.0.7
@nx/js             : 18.0.7
@nx/jest           : 18.0.7
@nx/linter         : 18.0.7
@nx/eslint         : 18.0.7
@nx/workspace      : 18.0.7
@nx/devkit         : 18.0.7
@nx/eslint-plugin  : 18.0.7
@nx/expo           : 18.0.7
@nx/playwright     : 18.0.7
@nx/react          : 18.0.7
@nrwl/tao          : 18.0.7
@nx/web            : 18.0.7
@nx/webpack        : 18.0.7
typescript         : 5.3.3

Failure Logs

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Package Manager Version

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Operating System

• macOS
• Linux
• Windows
• Other (Please specify)

Additional Information

This might be an issue with the EAS build agents directly, but it is hard to debug as I cannot easily see the full file structure to determine if the package.json file is correct. The pre and post hooks seem to work without issues.

[rudfoss]

Issue open on expo-cli: expo/eas-cli#2267

[rudfoss]

It appears that the .npmrc file is required for the installation on EAS to run correctly. Once I copied the .npmrc file to the nx-expo-test root folder the build works. Maybe that should also be part of the generator for pnpm-based repos?

.npmrc

strict-peer-dependencies=false
auto-install-peers=true
node-linker=hoisted

apps/nx-expo-test/package.json

Add && cp .npmrc apps/nx-expo-test to the end of the eas-build-pre-install script so that it is also copied along with the lock file.

{
  "name": "nx-expo-test",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "private": true,
  "dependencies": {
    "@testing-library/jest-native": "*",
    "@testing-library/react-native": "*",
    "metro-config": "*",
    "react-native": "*",
    "expo": "*",
    "react-native-svg": "*",
    "react-native-web": "*"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "eas-build-pre-install": "cd ../../ && node tools/scripts/eas-build-pre-install.mjs . apps/nx-expo-test && cp pnpm-lock.yaml apps/nx-expo-test && cp .npmrc apps/nx-expo-test",
    "eas-build-post-install": "cd ../../ && node tools/scripts/eas-build-post-install.mjs . apps/nx-expo-test"
  }
}

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