# Build and distribute the React Native and Expo starter

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The repository does not prescribe a store account, signing arrangement, EAS project, update policy,
or release workflow. Add those choices as part of your application deployment design.

Before creating a distributable build:

1. Replace the placeholder app name, slug, version, icons, and splash assets in `app.json`.
2. Define Android and iOS application identifiers and platform-specific permissions.
3. Remove development-only storage logging and public tunnel configuration.
4. Verify schema, record, media, retention, and remote API security boundaries.
5. Test on supported physical devices with a development or preview build.
6. Configure signing, builds, submissions, and updates using the selected Expo workflow.

Use [Expo development builds](https://docs.expo.dev/develop/development-builds/introduction/) for
production-oriented development and whenever the application includes custom native code. After
an Expo SDK or native dependency upgrade, create a new development build. Follow the
[Expo build documentation](https://docs.expo.dev/build/introduction/) for current EAS Build and
distribution setup.

CI exports production JavaScript bundles as a smoke test, but an export is not a signed Android or
iOS build and does not replace device testing.