How to create .apk file with React Native with expo
There are few steps, we should do to create a .apk file as below,
- Install Expo CLI
- Configure app.json
- Start the build
- Install Expo CLI Expo CLI is the tool for developing and building Expo apps. Run npm install -g expo-cli to install it.
- Configure app.json
"expo": {
"name": "Your App Name",
"icon": "./path/to/your/app-icon.png",
"version": "1.0.0",
"slug": "your-app-slug",
"sdkVersion": "XX.0.0",
"ios": { "bundleIdentifier": "com.yourcompany.yourappname"
},
"android": {
"package": "com.yourcompany.yourappname"
}
}
}
- Start the build Run expo build:android or expo build:ios. If you don't already have a packager running for this project, expo will start one for you. on successful build, we can download the .apk file for android.