Support Expo Config Plugins for managed workflow compatibility

[budet-b]

Hello 👋,

I’m currently using this package in an Expo project, and I noticed that it does not yet provide an Expo config plugin.
Without a config plugin, the library requires manual changes in the native iOS/Android projects, which makes it incompatible with the Expo managed workflow.

Would you consider adding support for an Expo config plugin?

This would:

✅ Make the library compatible with Expo managed workflow (no need to eject).
✅ Simplify setup for developers.
✅ Ensure smoother upgrades with Expo SDKs.

Here are some references that might help:

Expo config plugin documentation: https://docs.expo.dev/guides/config-plugins/

Example implementation: https://github.com/expo/expo/tree/main/packages/expo-build-properties

Thanks again for your work on this library! 🚀

[adelbeke]

I have the same issue 🙏🏻 It would be a great asset to have it, as React Native recommends Expo, and the Expo config plugin is quite the go-to nowadays.

[pietgk]

@budet-b feel free to have a look at the plugin.

please note its based on react-native-0.81 branch and it needs some testing by me to know if it really works

[budet-b]

hey @pietgk thank you so much for your work! I'm taking a look soon and I will try to test if it's working on Expo 53 as well

[pietgk]

i hope @jeffswartz will pick up the integration

[marinaserranomontes]

Thanks for reporting this and for your contribution! We’ll review the ExpoPlugin integration as part of the next release.

[fpetrovski]

Thanks for reporting this and for your contribution! We’ll review the ExpoPlugin integration as part of the next release.

@marinaserranomontes Can we have a quick update on this?
I assume it is too late for it to be included in v2.31 (current beta), but hopefully in 2.32?

[joliveraortega]

Hi there! We have added Expo config plugin support as part of the 2.31.1 version we shipped today. Please, check out it. Thanks!

[pietgk]

i see you do not do mentions of anyone who contributed?

[joliveraortega]

@pietgk We are working about how we can mention external contributions in our docs. Your contribution was finally not taken because we had to add it from scratch but definitely inspired and helped the support we added. Thanks.