A local development environment ready for native iOS and Android React Native / Expo development, capable of running the npx expo run:ios and npx expo run:android, including recent versions of:
- Xcode (version 15+)
- Watchman
- Cocoapods
- JDK 17
- Android Studio
- iOS simulator
- Android emulator
- If you're not sure if you have all of these or if you have the right versions, check the Expo Local App Development requirements for details on how to install these tools in order to enable local native development with the Expo CLI.
Other general development tools:
- Node 20+
- Visual Studio Code
- Git (Github Desktop works great)
Hardware:
- A Mac is highly recommended for the full experience (though all exercises have an Android-only track, so it's possible to do most of the exercises without a Mac).
Online accounts:
- An Expo account (go to https://expo.dev to sign up)

Getting started

Do these steps to ensure you'll be able to complete the workshop exercises.

Fork and clone this repo.
Install dependencies with

yarn install

Install EAS CLI globally with

npm install -g eas-cli

eas login

Complete module 00-getting-started.md in the companion repo. You should have a development build of the app running on your device.

About the demo app

The app is a concept for a guide for an art museum, where you can virtually tour the available exhibits and "favorite" the exhibits you would like to see in person.

The works of art themselves are pulled from the Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access API, retrieved using TanStack query. You could use the API directly, but for reliability's sake, it's pulling the data from local files, though the images themselves are still pulled from the museum's CDN.

The demo is based off the Expo Router tabs starter (npx create-expo-app --template tabs), and also includes Nativewind v4 for most of the styling.

README.md

App.js 2025: "Production-ready Patterns for EAS Update" starter project

Prerequisites

Getting started

About the demo app

Talk to the presenters