Expo 53 Android only local build with abb and apk with no EAS servers and no CNG.

Get APK (app)

• The apk can be downloaded on to your android device by clicking the link.
• On your device go to system > settings > developer options > and turn on USB Debugging
• https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LD4_uXwWZ2raT7AJiOA0vHhgaZqA4LrS/view?usp=drive_link

Follow the below instructions to create your own apk

Step 1 my-app

npx create-expo-app@latest my-app --template default

npx expo prebuild

Go to the RN docs and pull this up

https://reactnative.dev/docs/signed-apk-android

Step 2 my-app

Get a random password

openssl rand -hex 32
a77c28c8****...

Upload Key

jdk is here, cd into to run the next command (On Windows cd one more folder into the bin)

/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/zulu-17.jdk/Contents/Home

After your cd into the above folder, run the next command:

sudo keytool -genkey -v -keystore my-upload-key.keystore -alias my-key-alias -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000

Add the keystore

From your jdk directory add the newly generated keystore file my-upload-key.keystore to your android/app folder.

Update Gradle Properties

• In android/gradle.properties

MYAPP_UPLOAD_STORE_FILE = my-upload-key.keystore
MYAPP_UPLOAD_KEY_ALIAS = my-key-alias
MYAPP_UPLOAD_STORE_PASSWORD = a77c28c8****... <---openssll pw goes here
MYAPP_UPLOAD_KEY_PASSWORD = a77c28c8****... <-----openssll pw goes here

Update build.gradle signingConfig with below

• In android/app/build.gradle

android {
    ...
    defaultConfig { ... }
    signingConfigs {
        release {
            if (project.hasProperty('MYAPP_UPLOAD_STORE_FILE')) {
                storeFile file(MYAPP_UPLOAD_STORE_FILE)<——../my-upload-key.keystore
                storePassword MYAPP_UPLOAD_STORE_PASSWORD
                keyAlias MYAPP_UPLOAD_KEY_ALIAS
                keyPassword MYAPP_UPLOAD_KEY_PASSWORD
            }
        }
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            ...
            signingConfig signingConfigs.release
        }
    }
}

Add to .gitignore

• android/gradle.properties
• android/app/my-upload-key.keystore

FOR ABB

• Then run this command —> npx react-native build-android --mode=release
• Should take about 5-10 min to build
• Find the release in android/app/build/outputs/build/release

If you encounter a message as below, just add it to your package.json and run the build command again npx react-native build-android --mode=release

"devDependencies": {
  "@react-native-community/cli": "latest",
}

FOR APK

• Plug android device into windows/mac and run npx expo run:android --variant release
• Look for the apk in android\app\build\outputs\apk\release\ folder,
• Typically at this point the apk is installed on the connected device after the build is successful.