eas-app-stores

SKILL.md

App Store Deployment

EAS service - costs apply. Cloud builds use EAS plan resources, and EAS services have free-tier and paid-plan limits. Apple Developer and Google Play memberships are separate. Check https://expo.dev/pricing for the requested service.

This skill covers building and releasing iOS and Android apps with EAS: Expo and other React Native projects, plus existing native apps. EAS is a delivery service; native apps can use it without adding Expo or React Native to their runtime. The native setup walkthrough currently covers SwiftUI/UIKit on iOS.

Choose the project path

SwiftUI/UIKit app with no React Native runtime: read references/native-ios.md before changing its build configuration. Keep the Xcode project and Swift code as the app's source of truth. The Expo/React Native quick-start and development-client examples below do not apply to this path.

Native Android app with no React Native runtime: preserve its existing native build setup. See references/play-store.md for submission; the Swift/iOS setup instructions do not apply. A dedicated native Android setup walkthrough is not yet included.

Expo/React Native app: use the quick-start below, then the relevant store reference.

Adding React Native screens to an existing native app: use expo-brownfield for that integration; return here for distribution.

Use the archive and icon checks in references/native-ios.md during initial native iOS setup, after changing versioning, bundle IDs, or icons, or when diagnosing a rejected upload. Routine releases follow the EAS build/submit flow and the processing and availability checks in references/testflight.md. A successful EAS build or a queued submission does not establish Apple acceptance, tester access, or an App Store release.

References

Consult these resources as needed: