06: Hello, deploy!

06: Hello, deploy!

Add files and bits needed to deploy and build apps

a. app.json

// add required bits to build iOS and/ or Android apps

// must have app identifiers/ package name/ build number/ version code
"ios": {
  "bundleIdentifier": "com.company.changeme",
  "supportsTablet": true,
  "buildNumber": "1"
},
"android": {
  "adaptiveIcon": {
    "foregroundImage": "./assets/adaptive-icon.png",
    "backgroundColor": "#FFFFFF"
  },
  "package": "com.company.changeme",
  "versionCode": 1
},

b. firebase.json

// create this file, which points firebase hosting to the web build folder

  "hosting": {
    "public": "web-build",
    "ignore": [
      "firebase.json",
      "**/.*",
      "**/node_modules/**"
    ],
    "rewrites": [
      {
        "source": "**",
        "destination": "/index.html"
      }
    ],
    "headers": [
      {
        "source": "/**",
        "headers": [
          {
            "key": "Cache-Control",
            "value": "no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "source": "**/*.@(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|svg|webp|js|css|eot|otf|ttf|ttc|woff|woff2|font.css)",
        "headers": [
          {
            "key": "Cache-Control",
            "value": "max-age=604800"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

c. package.json

// add command to deploy web app
"predeploy": "expo build:web",
"deploy-hosting": "npm run predeploy && firebase deploy --only hosting"

To publish to Expo for use in the Expo Go app only / also to publish an OTA update
expo publish

To build a binary app on Expo's servers
expo build:ios or expo build:android --type apk (do apk to easily install on your phone)

To build web version and publish to firebase hosting
yarn deploy-hosting