Expo Client iOS freezes on app splash screen when loading project from lan

1. I updated expo cli to latest version
2. Then updated expo iOS client to latest version too
3. On expo cli I created new empty project and made exp start --lan
4. Then I sent link to my iOS by exp send
5. Then opened that link on iOS
6. Expo iOS begins loading project by showing splash screen…
7. And nothing happens after!

What am I doing wrong? (Windows 7 x64, iOS 11.2.5, node 8.9.1, Yarn 1.5.1) update: all is OK on android update 2: tested on another iOS device, same issue

[terribleben]

Hey everyone, please update to the newest version of exp or XDE (released less than an hour ago) and see if it fixes this issue for you.

This fix should help most people, but it may not unblock the issue for everyone. If you have tried updating to the newest exp and are still seeing the same issue, please post here with as much information as you can.

Update: If you’re still experiencing the issue, make sure you have our latest build (2.4.6 simulator, 2.4.7 app store) and try again. At the minimum, you should get a better error message.

[terribleben]

Hey all, I’ve succeeded in reproducing the error. Here’s what’s going on:

1. Some error with the React Native packager happens before we can load your bundle
2. There is a bug in our code which never hides your splash screen in this case.

For #1, one possible cause is if the path to your project contains spaces. We found a bug where we are not properly encoding paths with spaces (sorry) and this leads to #1 happening.

So, for some people reading this issue, you may be unblocked by using a project path with no spaces, and making sure the packager doesn’t display any errors when it starts.

However, there could be other causes of #1, so that advice won’t work for everyone. I’m working on a fix for both #1 and #2 right now.

Update: See the next reply below