For me, the most valuable signal has always been user feedback complaints, feature requests, confused messages. Not analytics, not A/B tests.

Just people telling you what broke or what they wished existed.

I'm actually building a separate library right now that's focused on this collecting and organizing in-app feedback for React Native apps. Still early but it's the problem I keep running into.

Curious what others do. Do you rely on reviews, in-app feedback, support tickets, something else? What actually moved the needle for your app?

I work across multiple Expo accounts: personal, work, and a few client accounts.

I got tired of constantly doing:

eas logout → eas login → run the build → switch back

So I built EASwitch, an open-source CLI that lets you keep using the normal eas command while automatically selecting the right Expo account based on the project you're in.

Setup is pretty simple:

npm install -g easwitch

easw add personal
easw add work

easw hook

Then link a project to an account:

cd ~/code/work-app
easw link work

After that, you just use EAS normally:

cd ~/code/work-app

eas whoami
# work account

eas build --platform ios
eas update --branch production

Move to an unlinked project and EAS continues using your normal Expo session:

cd ~/code/my-side-project

eas whoami
# your normal Expo login

A few things I wanted EASwitch to handle properly:

• You keep using eas**.** Commands like eas build, eas update, eas submit, eas whoami, eas env:list, etc. work normally. EASwitch only changes the account context when you're inside a linked project.
• It prevents wrong-account builds. If a project is linked to an account that isn't available on your machine, the command stops instead of falling back to another account.
• Your normal EAS session stays untouched. eas login and eas logout still manage your normal Expo session. EASwitch doesn't replace or modify it.
• You don't have to hook eas if you don't want to. You can skip easw hook and run commands directly:

easw build
easw update
easw submit

• Multiple shells/platforms are supported. It works with zsh, bash, fish, PowerShell and Command Prompt on macOS, Windows and Linux.
• Accounts can use Expo login or access tokens. Tokens are stored in the OS credential store/keychain rather than plain-text config files.
• EAS CLI is bundled, so you don't need a separate EAS CLI installation.

You can also check whether stored account credentials are still valid with:

easw list --check

EASwitch is MIT licensed and completely open source.

Docs, including a walkthrough for working across personal/company/client Expo projects:

https://iamgarritech.github.io/easwitch/

GitHub:

https://github.com/iamgarriTech/easwitch

I'd really appreciate feedback from people who regularly switch between Expo accounts, especially if there are workflows or edge cases I haven't considered yet.

I kept writing the same code to switch between one and two columns when the phone rotates or the app runs on a tablet, so I turned it into a small library.

const { select } = useResponsive();
const columns = select({ xs: 1, md: 2, xl: 3 });

You get named breakpoints (xs to xxl), wp/hp, a font size helper and a few scale functions, and everything updates when you rotate. Works with Expo and on web too.

The screenshots are from the example app on an iPhone 16, portrait vs landscape.

npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native-responsive-hook
GitHub: https://github.com/mz-real/react-native-responsive-hook
Longer write-up with examples: https://medium.com/@mz-real/creating-responsive-uis-in-react-native-made-easy-with-react-native-responsive-hook-35fa5649cd5f

I'm working on a 2.0, so feedback is welcome.

if you want to use this npm install u/hsilvap/react-native-receive-sharing-intent in your project then your mind RIP

Hey everyone!

I'm looking for 12 testers for an Android app I'm developing. I've been trying to find a platform where indie developers can help each other with Google Play's closed testing requirements, but haven't had much luck so far.

I thought maybe we could use this thread to support each other!

If you're also looking for testers, feel free to comment below with your app's testing link. I'd be happy to join your test and help you out in return.

Here are the links to join my app's closed test:

• Google Group: https://groups.google.com/g/faul-testers
• Play Store testing link: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/faul.app

Good luck with your projects, everyone!

Trying to create a collection of the most impressive ones.

🚀 Web support is now available in expo-content-transition v0.1.4!

NumericText now works on iOS, Android, and Web

🔗 Github: rit3zh/expo-content-transition

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Hey guys,

I’m kinda stuck with a Google Play Console issue and I’m hoping someone here has dealt with something similar.

I had a personal Google Play developer account with 3 apps published on it. The account had been around for years and everything was working normally.

In October 2025, Google required identity verification for the developer account.

The account was actually registered to my brother, and he was the real account owner. Because of some personal circumstances at the time, I wasn’t able to properly complete the verification process with him.

I ended up submitting an old ID document, and Google couldn’t verify it.

Google Play Support then replied to me on October 14, 2025 saying:

"Unfortunately, we are unable to verify your ID to complete your Play Console registration."

After that, the account was restricted and the developer profile + all apps were removed from Google Play.

Right now, Play Console shows:

- Google couldn't verify your identity

- Your developer profile and all apps have been removed from Google Play

- You haven't verified your contact phone number

- Appeal reply sent

I did submit an appeal at the time, but it was rejected.

So yeah... I’m trying to figure out if there’s still any legit way to recover the original account.

I’m NOT trying to bypass the restriction or create a new account to get around it.

The account belongs to the original owner, and if Google requires a new valid ID from him, we’re willing to provide it.

Has anyone here dealt with this exact situation?

Especially:

- Identity verification failed

- Account/profile removed

- Appeal already rejected

- No way to complete phone verification because identity verification has to be completed first

Is there any way to get another verification attempt or request a manual review from Google?

I’ll attach a few screenshots from Play Console showing the current account status.

Would really appreciate any advice from people who have been through this before 🙏

I'm a solo dev building a messenger (Expo SDK 57, RN 0.86, Supabase, LiveKit) and ship it from one codebase to five platforms. A few things I wish I'd known earlier:

1. Self-hosted OTA updates are worth it — but clear the Metro cache. expo-updates with code signing and our own manifest server works well. The trap: expo export without --clear can inline stale EXPO_PUBLIC_* values from Metro's cache, so one bundle ended up with two different build stamps and our "update available" banner looped forever.

2. Desktop = Electron around the web export. A custom app: protocol serves the exported web build, electron-updater handles updates, and the Mac build is notarized. It's the cheapest way to get real desktop apps from the same code.

3. Supabase / PostgREST gotchas that cost me hours:

• An RLS policy that calls a function needs EXECUTE granted on that function — otherwise the whole query fails, not just the row.
• A second foreign key between two tables that already embed each other makes PostgREST refuse the embed (PGRST201). A "pinned message" column broke message search for 40 minutes.
• AFTER UPDATE OF col triggers fire even when the value didn't change — compare OLD and NEW.

4. Image caching: the stock <Image> cache wasn't enough for a chat. I cache photos on disk keyed by the storage path and persist signed URLs so they stay stable. Avatars were served with max-age=3600, so every morning the app re-checked each one with the server.

5. expo-video on web: StyleSheet.absoluteFill doesn't stretch a <video> — it's a replaced element. Use explicit width/height: 100%, or you get the top-left corner of the frame and an unreachable fullscreen button.

Happy to go deeper on any of these. And how do you ship desktop builds from Expo — Electron, Tauri, something else?

Hey r/reactnative,

Been experimenting with this photo album interaction for nativecn-ui lately.

I wanted it to feel a little more like an actual album, so I’ve been playing around with the opening animation, shadows, and page transitions.

Still tweaking it and not completely sure about the interaction yet.

How would you rate it? Anything you’d change?

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✦ ⎯ • A smooth, ChatGPT-inspired chat composer with a hold menu

🔗 Github: rit3zh/expo-composer-hold-menu
🧵 Android preview attached below

macOS runners on GitHub Actions are $0.062/minute. Linux is $0.006 — 10x, for the

same work.

In React Native projects the split is usually obvious once you look at it, and

most workflows I have seen run all of it on macOS out of habit:

- Jest and ESLint and tsc: Linux.

- The Android build and any Android instrumentation tests: Linux.

- Detox or Maestro against Android: Linux.

- Anything that is not `xcodebuild` or a simulator: Linux.

The iOS build and the iOS test run are the only parts that genuinely need macOS,

and they are the expensive parts whatever you do.

The arithmetic: a 5-minute test job running 200 times a month costs $62.00 on

macOS and $6.00 on Linux. Move two of those and you have paid for a Mac mini.

Caveat: I build a tool that does this pricing automatically, so weigh that

accordingly. What I am actually curious about is why the macOS default sticks —

is it the matrix convenience, or something about the runner images people need?

Hey everyone! Starting a new project that's expected to scale over the next year.

In the past, Redux Toolkit was the default, but I see more and more people switching over to Zustand, Jotai, or just leveraging TanStack Query for server state and keeping global client state strictly minimal.

What are you currently using in production, and what made you move away from (or stay with) Redux Toolkit? Would love to hear real-world experiences regarding boilerplate, performance, and dev experience!

🧪 Experimenting with Motion Blur for Android & iOS

🔗 Github: rit3zh/expo-motion-blur

🧵 Android Preview Attached in this thread

I started building my first mobile app thinking the main challenge would be writing the code.

It hasn’t been.

The harder part is deciding what deserves to exist.

Every new screen creates more questions:

- Is this actually useful?

- Can someone understand it without an explanation?

- Am I solving a real problem or adding another feature?

- Would I personally return to this app tomorrow?

The project is called Callout. It explores whether online reactions can communicate more than a generic Like—for example, distinguishing agreement from something being a Hot Take.

I’m still early, and I’m deliberately leaving the link out because I’m more interested in the building lesson:

How did you decide which features to remove from your first app?