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When a link opens the browser instead of your app, look at the signing key before assetlinks.json
Android App Links fail silently when the certificate fingerprint does not match. Here is the real keytool output, the upload key versus app signing key trap, and a small checker you can run before you deploy.
My Second App From the Same Codebase Ships With a Distinct-Value Manifest
Google Play has drawn a clearer line around low-value apps. Here is how I decide where the distinct value of a sibling app lives, and the small script I run before every submission to check that the two apps have actually diverged.
Leave image out of eas.json and an SDK bump moves your Xcode and pnpm too
If eas.json has no image field, your builds run on the auto alias. Move one SDK alias and Xcode, Node.js, pnpm and fastlane all change together. Here is how to read the image name out of your last green build and decide whether to pin it before Xcode 27 lands.
I counted how many versions expo install starts recommending after one patch bump
What expo install recommends is tied to the patch version of expo itself. I measured the ledger diff against the npm registry, how far npm install drifts, and the one check worth adding to a generated project.
Starting with the EAS Observe free tier, and why Crashlytics stays installed
EAS Observe reached general availability on August 20. I looked into consolidating down to one monitoring service and found that native crashes are still out of scope. Here are the free-tier limits and the setup details that trip people up.
Adding image paste with expo-paste-input, and moving the disappearing file:// URIs out of cache
How to let users paste images and GIFs into a chat input with expo-paste-input. The URIs that onPaste hands you are temporary files that can vanish before the user hits send. Here is the relocation code and the order I verify it on real devices.
Three Minutes After the Screen Locked, My expo-audio Ambient Sound Went Silent
Why expo-audio stops playing when the screen locks, diagnosed as three separate layers: build config, audio session, and lock screen integration. The three-minute stop on Android is documented behavior.
After the Google Play deadline: which dormant Android apps to raise, and which to leave at 35
Apps you have stopped updating are governed by a different bar than apps you still ship. Here is how to inventory effective targetSdk across your builds and decide which apps to raise, hold, or retire.
expo-doctor passes on API level 35. Here is what its 22 checks actually cover
I opened the expo-doctor 1.20.4 bundle and listed every check it registers. Only one looks at store requirements, and its threshold is still API level 34.
After Bumping targetSdk to 36, Which Part of Your Dependencies Should You Actually Read
I opened six real dependency AARs and counted what they contribute to my manifest. Not one declares targetSdkVersion, and twelve permissions arrive that I never wrote. Here is what to check before you submit.
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