expo: `updates.url` property in app.json bug

Summary

I’ve stuck with this in the last 2 days. trying to get this to work : https://docs.expo.dev/distribution/hosting-your-app/ I’m also using the EAS build.

It doesn’t work at all.

at the end I tried to put "fallbackToCacheTimeout": 300000 the weird thing is that the app loads instantly without waiting on the splash screen and it never loads the new version no logs about, any request to my github page also!

app.json :

{
  "expo": {
    "name": "ota-app",
    "slug": "ota-app",
    "version": "1.0.4",
    "orientation": "portrait",
    "icon": "./assets/icon.png",
    "splash": {
      "image": "./assets/splash.png",
      "resizeMode": "contain",
      "backgroundColor": "#ffffff"
    },
    "updates": {
      "fallbackToCacheTimeout": 300000,
      "url" : "https://stevemoretz.github.io/expo-ota-app/"
    },
    "assetBundlePatterns": [
      "**/*"
    ],
    "ios": {
      "supportsTablet": true,
      "bundleIdentifier": "com.stevemoretz.otaapp"
    },
    "android": {
      "adaptiveIcon": {
        "foregroundImage": "./assets/adaptive-icon.png",
        "backgroundColor": "#FFFFFF"
      }
    },
    "web": {
      "favicon": "./assets/favicon.png"
    }
  }
}

eas.json :

{
  "cli": {
    "version": ">= 0.48.2"
  },
  "build": {
    "development": {
      "developmentClient": true,
      "distribution": "internal"
    },
    "preview": {
      "channel": "preview",
      "ios": {
        "distribution": "internal",
        "simulator": true
      },
      "android": {
        "distribution": "internal",
        "buildType": "apk"
      }
    },
    "production": {}
  },
  "submit": {
    "production": {}
  }
}

Building with : eas build --profile preview

The result is : This is the native app. But it should clearly become : https://github.com/Stevemoretz/expo-ota-app/blob/0edd043615935e1d6d94f30b58baeff6609b1831/App.js#L7 ie : This is the OTA Update!

After installing and opening the app on the simulator despite the value of fallbackToCacheTimeout it instantly shows This is the native app.

Here are the logs when I open the app: https://gist.github.com/Stevemoretz/f2c601cb69bdbf70cfb1823ddc6e9757

Managed or bare workflow? If you have ios/ or android/ directories in your project, the answer is bare!

managed

What platform(s) does this occur on?

iOS

SDK Version (managed workflow only)

44

Environment

expo-env-info 1.0.2 environment info: System: OS: macOS 10.15.7 Shell: 5.7.1 - /bin/zsh Binaries: Node: 14.17.2 - /usr/local/opt/node@14/bin/node Yarn: 1.22.10 - /usr/local/bin/yarn npm: 6.14.13 - /usr/local/opt/node@14/bin/npm Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman SDKs: iOS SDK: Platforms: iOS 14.4, DriverKit 20.2, macOS 11.1, tvOS 14.3, watchOS 7.2 Android SDK: API Levels: 28, 29, 32 Build Tools: 28.0.3, 29.0.2, 29.0.3 IDEs: Android Studio: 4.0 AI-193.6911.18.40.6626763 Xcode: 12.4/12D4e - /usr/bin/xcodebuild npmPackages: expo: ~44.0.0 => 44.0.6 react: 17.0.1 => 17.0.1 react-dom: 17.0.1 => 17.0.1 react-native: 0.64.3 => 0.64.3 react-native-web: 0.17.1 => 0.17.1 npmGlobalPackages: eas-cli: 0.48.2 expo-cli: 5.3.0 Expo Workflow: managed

“expo-updates”: “~0.11.6”,

Reproducible demo

Here’s my minimal example : https://github.com/Stevemoretz/expo-ota-app

1. expo export --public-url https://stevemoretz.github.io/expo-ota-app/
2. commit to -> https://github.com/Stevemoretz/expo-ota-app/tree/gh-pages
3. open the app it won’t get the OTA

Here’s the app : https://expo.dev/artifacts/eas/dsxKfHBshiSTn1rrw73Hh2.tar.gz built for simulator. Here’s the online preview : https://appetize.io/app/dg48fnkyecr48pmh54fh811pz0?device=iphone8&osVersion=13.7&scale=75&proxy=intercept

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I have also tried with local servers at first for my real app, but couldn’t get it work there also.