App Store Deployment

EAS service - costs apply. This skill uses Expo Application Services (EAS), a paid product with free-tier limits. eas build and eas submit consume your plan's build minutes, and store submission requires paid Apple Developer and Google Play accounts. Review https://expo.dev/pricing before running cloud commands.

This skill covers building and releasing Expo apps to the iOS App Store, Google Play Store, and TestFlight using EAS (Expo Application Services). For deploying an Expo website or API routes to EAS Hosting, use the eas-hosting skill.

References

Consult these resources as needed:

• ./references/workflows.md -- CI/CD workflows for automated store releases and PR previews
• ./references/testflight.md -- Submitting iOS builds to TestFlight for beta testing
• ./references/app-store-metadata.md -- Managing App Store metadata and ASO optimization
• ./references/play-store.md -- Submitting Android builds to Google Play Store
• ./references/ios-app-store.md -- iOS App Store submission and review process

Quick Start

Install EAS CLI

npm install -g eas-cli
eas login

Initialize EAS

npx eas-cli@latest init

This creates eas.json with build profiles.

Build Commands

Production Builds

# iOS App Store build
npx eas-cli@latest build -p ios --profile production

# Android Play Store build
npx eas-cli@latest build -p android --profile production

# Both platforms
npx eas-cli@latest build --profile production

Submit to Stores

# iOS: Build and submit to App Store Connect
npx eas-cli@latest build -p ios --profile production --submit

# Android: Build and submit to Play Store
npx eas-cli@latest build -p android --profile production --submit

# Shortcut for iOS TestFlight
npx testflight

Web & API Route Hosting

Deploying an Expo website or Expo Router API routes to EAS Hosting (npx expo export -p web then eas deploy) is covered by the eas-hosting skill. This skill focuses on native app store releases.

EAS Configuration

Standard eas.json for production deployments:

{
  "cli": {
    "version": ">= 16.0.1",
    "appVersionSource": "remote"
  },
  "build": {
    "production": {
      "autoIncrement": true,
      "ios": {
        "resourceClass": "m-medium"
      }
    },
    "development": {
      "developmentClient": true,
      "distribution": "internal"
    }
  },
  "submit": {
    "production": {
      "ios": {
        "appleId": "your@email.com",
        "ascAppId": "1234567890"
      },
      "android": {
        "serviceAccountKeyPath": "./google-service-account.json",
        "track": "internal"
      }
    }
  }
}

Platform-Specific Guides

iOS

• Use npx testflight for quick TestFlight submissions
• Configure Apple credentials via eas credentials
• See ./references/testflight.md for credential setup
• See ./references/ios-app-store.md for App Store submission

Android

• Set up Google Play Console service account
• Configure tracks: internal → closed → open → production
• See ./references/play-store.md for detailed setup

Automated Releases

EAS Workflows automate the build → submit → update pipeline for CI/CD. See ./references/workflows.md for store-release examples. To author or validate workflow YAML, use the eas-workflows skill - it works from the live workflow schema.

Version Management

EAS manages version numbers automatically with appVersionSource: "remote":

# Check current versions
eas build:version:get

# Manually set version
eas build:version:set -p ios --build-number 42

Monitoring

# List recent builds
eas build:list

# Check build status
eas build:view

# View submission status
eas submit:list