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expo init fails to yield usable project if using EXPO_USE_EXOTIC=1

See original GitHub issue

Summary

What platform(s) does this occur on?

Android

SDK Version

Environment

  expo-env-info 1.0.5 environment info:
    System:
      OS: Linux 5.15 Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS 22.04.1 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)
      Shell: 5.8.1 - /usr/bin/zsh
    Binaries:
      Node: 14.17.6 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v14.17.6/bin/node
      Yarn: 1.22.19 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v14.17.6/bin/yarn
      npm: 8.9.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v14.17.6/bin/npm
      Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/bin/watchman
    SDKs:
      Android SDK:
        API Levels: 30, 31, 32, 33
        Build Tools: 30.0.3, 31.0.0, 32.0.0, 32.1.0, 33.0.0
        System Images: android-32 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom_64, android-32 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom_64
    npmGlobalPackages:
      eas-cli: 0.57.0
      expo-cli: 6.0.1

Reproducible demo

export EXPO_USE_EXOTIC=1
expo init
cd my-app
yarn android

Issue Analytics

State:
Created a year ago
Comments:5 (4 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

2reactions

Slapboxcommented, Nov 8, 2022

Still an issue in SDK 47, but message now is:

error: SyntaxError in node_modules/react-native/Libraries/Events/EventPolyfill.js: Unexpected token, expected "{" (162:34)

2reactions

brentvatnecommented, Aug 8, 2022

can confirm that this isn’t currently working with sdk 46. that said, “exotic” continues to be experimental and so you may encounter issues like this occasionally