Create development builds with EAS Workflows
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Learn how to create development builds with EAS Workflows.
Development builds are specialized builds of your project that include Expo's developer tools. These types of builds include all native dependencies inside your project, enabling you to run a production-like build of your project on a simulator, emulator, or a physical device. This workflow allows you to create development builds for each platform and for both physical devices, Android emulators, and iOS simulators, which your team can access with eas build:dev
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Get started
2 requirements
2 requirements
1.
Set up your environment
To get started, you'll need to configure your project and devices to build and run development builds. Learn how to set up your environment for development builds with the following guides:
Get your project ready for development builds.
Get your project ready for development builds.
Get your project ready for development builds.
Get your project ready for development builds.
2.
Create build profiles
After you've configured your project and devices, add the following build profiles to your eas.json file.
{ "build": { "development": { "developmentClient": true, "distribution": "internal" }, "development-simulator": { "developmentClient": true, "distribution": "internal", "ios": { "simulator": true } } } }
The following workflow creates a build for each platform and for both physical devices, Android emulators, and iOS simulators. They all will run in parallel.
name: Create development builds jobs: android_development_build: name: Build Android type: build params: platform: android profile: development ios_device_development_build: name: Build iOS device type: build params: platform: ios profile: development ios_simulator_development_build: name: Build iOS simulator type: build params: platform: ios profile: development-simulator
Run the above workflow with:
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eas workflow:run .eas/workflows/create-development-builds.yml