The most commonly used commands for building apps with the EAS CLI

eas-build-cheat-sheet.md

EAS Build Cheat Sheet

The most commonly used commands for building apps with the EAS CLI

New Project

• eas init - create a new project on expo.dev
• eas build:configure - create eas.json with default configuration

Builds

• eas build --profile development - development client, JS is loaded from your local machine
• eas build --profile preview - preview build without the dev client, installable on device (apk, ipa)
• eas build - optimised production build, only for store submissions (aab, ipa)

Signing and Credentials

• eas device:create - register a new Apple device for dev / preview builds
• eas build:resign - re-sign an existing build (e.g. after adding a new Apple device)
• eas credentials - manage signing credentials

Debugging

• eas build --local - run any eas build command on your local machine
• eas config - print out the evaluated dynamic app config for a specific profile
• eas build:inspect --platform ios --stage archive --output ../output - inspect the build archive before it is uploaded to EAS

Misc

• eas build:run - download, install and run a previously created build from EAS
• eas build --auto-submit - build production apps and upload them to the App and Play stores

Learn more on EAS

• More on EAS Build: https://docs.expo.dev/build/introduction/
• EAS Tutorial (text): https://docs.expo.dev/tutorial/eas/introduction/
• EAS Tutorial (video): https://egghead.io/courses/build-and-deploy-react-native-apps-with-expo-eas-85ab521e