A Config Plugin for Expo that disables bundle compression in build.gradle by ensuring "bundle" is included in noCompress. Reference (https://x.com/margelo_io/status/1890789725872525381?t=sZABYYbVSb4Re3A8aww7Ew&s=19)

withDisableBundleCompression.js

const { withAppBuildGradle } = require("@expo/config-plugins")

/**
 * A Config Plugin to disable bundle compression in Android build.gradle.
 * @param {import('@expo/config-plugins').ConfigPlugin} config
 * @returns {import('@expo/config-plugins').ConfigPlugin}
 */
const withDisableBundleCompression = (config) => {
  return withAppBuildGradle(config, (config) => {
    let buildGradle = config.modResults.contents

    const hasAndroidResources = buildGradle.includes("androidResources {")
    const hasNoCompress = buildGradle.includes("noCompress")

    if (hasAndroidResources && hasNoCompress) {
      if (
        buildGradle.includes('noCompress += ["bundle"]') ||
        buildGradle.includes("noCompress += 'bundle'") ||
        buildGradle.includes('noCompress += "bundle"')
      ) {
        return config
      }

      const lines = buildGradle.split("\n")
      const modifiedLines = lines.map((line) => {
        if (line.trim().startsWith("noCompress")) {
          if (line.includes("+=")) {
            return line.replace(/\]/, ', "bundle"]')
          } else if (line.includes("=")) {
            return line.replace("=", '+= ["bundle",') + "]"
          }
        }
        return line
      })
      config.modResults.contents = modifiedLines.join("\n")
    } else {
      const androidBlock = buildGradle.indexOf("android {")
      if (androidBlock !== -1) {
        const insertPosition = buildGradle.indexOf("\n", androidBlock) + 1
        const newContent =
          buildGradle.slice(0, insertPosition) +
          "    androidResources {\n" +
          '        noCompress += ["bundle"]\n' +
          "    }\n" +
          buildGradle.slice(insertPosition)

        config.modResults.contents = newContent
      }
    }

    return config
  })
}

module.exports = withDisableBundleCompression

Hey this is great - I made a few adjustments to also support existing androidResources blocks: https://gist.github.com/mrousavy/d8d15eb1b8cffe60765f7fa7d67d6767

Thanks for the improvements! The error handling for missing android/androidResources blocks makes it much more safe.

Hey this is great - I made a few adjustments to also support existing androidResources blocks: https://gist.github.com/mrousavy/d8d15eb1b8cffe60765f7fa7d67d6767