How to restart an Expo / Next.js app

readme.md

If you need to restart a React Native app, and you're using Expo, then this gist will help you do it.

It also comes with web support.

Keep in mind, this will only work if you're using a custom dev client from Expo. If you aren't, then you should delete lines 11-13, and you won't be able to restart the app in dev mode.

reload.tsx

import * as Updates from 'expo-updates'
import { Platform } from 'react-native'

const reload = () => {
  if (Platform.OS === 'web') {
    if (typeof window !== 'undefined') { window.location.reload() }
  } else {
     if (!__DEV__) {
       Updates.reloadAsync()
     } else {
      import('expo-dev-menu/app/native-modules/DevMenu').then((menu) => {
        menu.reloadAsync()
      })
    }
  }
}