React Native Tutorial 40 – BONUS: Expo Release Channels

Today, we have a bonus on Expo and Release Channels. 

One of the difficulties I found when developing my mobile app surrounded the idea of "what environment am I on?" 

Coding for the Web

When coding for the web we can set some environment variables to tell us whether we're on DEVELOPMENT, STAGING, or PRODUCTION.

This is not so easily done on React Native. But with Expo's release channels, it becomes smooth as butter…

Expo's Release Channel

This is why I push Expo so much, because with Expo we have release
channels. By doing something like:

expo publish --release-channel staging

Expo will build a "staging" environment for your app and give you a link to pass on to testers to test your app.

Some people vote for the "raw" react native route, some people go the expo route. I picked the latter because I need to get the MVP out quick.

What matters isn't doing things right or not, it is getting things out and iterated on. You're in a race against time. I hope this sheds some light for you and help you really make a decision of which route to take.

Hope you had fun and learned something today!

Accompanying medium article: https://medium.com/@donaldlee50/react-native-tutorial-40-a9264d286f1d

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Expo's Release Channels: https://docs.expo.io/versions/latest/distribution/release-channels/
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