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Expo in React Native: Everything You Need to Know (2025 Edition)

Everything You Need to Know About Expo in 2025 🚀


Expo is a framework and platform for universal React applications. It simplifies the development and deployment process of React Native apps with powerful tools and services. As of 2025, Expo has matured into an all-in-one toolkit that supports everything from development to distribution.

📦 What is Expo?

Expo is a set of tools built around React Native to help you build native iOS, Android, and web apps using JavaScript and React. It removes native dependencies, making it easier for JavaScript developers to build and deploy native apps quickly.

🧰 Key Services Provided by Expo

  • Expo Go: Preview your app without needing to build a native binary.
  • Expo Dev Client: Customizable development client for testing native modules.
  • EAS Build: Build your app in the cloud for iOS and Android.
  • EAS Submit: Submit builds to the App Store and Google Play from the CLI.
  • EAS Update: Push over-the-air (OTA) updates instantly to your users.
  • EAS Metadata: Manage app store metadata programmatically.
  • Expo Application Services (EAS CI/CD): Full continuous integration and deployment pipeline integrated with your Git provider.

🔄 EAS Update (Over-the-Air Updates)

With EAS Update, you can push code and asset changes directly to users’ devices without waiting for App Store or Play Store approval.

eas update --branch production

Changes are downloaded automatically the next time the user opens the app (or immediately, depending on your update strategy).

⚙️ Expo Dev Client

Create a custom version of Expo Go that includes your own native modules. This lets you test features without needing to build full release builds every time.

📲 EAS Build

EAS Build allows you to compile native binaries in the cloud for iOS and Android. No Xcode or Android Studio required locally.

eas build --platform all

📡 EAS Submit

Once you have your build, submitting it to app stores is a single CLI command:

eas submit --platform ios

🔁 EAS CI/CD Support

Expo now offers full support for continuous integration and delivery. You can connect your GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket repositories to run builds on every push, run tests, and deploy automatically.

🆕 Expo SDK Updates (2025)

The latest Expo SDK (v53+) brings in support for:

  • React Native 0.79+
  • React 19
  • Edge-to-edge support for Android
  • Stable expo-audio and expo-maps
  • Improved Jetpack Compose & SwiftUI interop
  • Hermes as default JS engine

🌐 Web Support

Expo also provides first-class support for building web applications using expo-router and React Native for Web. With one codebase, you can run apps on Android, iOS, and web.

📍 Who Should Use Expo?

  • Teams that want rapid prototyping and OTA updates
  • Startups with fewer native needs and faster delivery expectations
  • Developers who want to focus more on JavaScript than native configuration

🧠 Final Thoughts

Expo is not just a beginner's toolkit anymore — it’s a mature platform used by companies at scale. With EAS services, custom Dev Clients, and full CI/CD support, it's an end-to-end solution for mobile app development in 2025.

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