Flipper Support in Expo SDK 48+

[jakobo]

🎉 It's happened! Flipper support is now a natural part of your expo build via the official build-properties plugin.

How to Use

Build Properties Plugin docs

In your app.config.js:

import { withPlugins } from 'expo/config-plugins';
import { withBuildProperties } from 'expo-build-properties';

/*
$ANDROID_FLIPPER (string) - Flipper is always enabled in Android. If you're
using a specific version of react-native-flipper, you can specify the matching
semver string here. During the gradle build, react-native will select the correct
library versions.

$IOS_FLIPPER (boolean | string) - Flipper is disabled by default in iOS because
it's highly likely you are using Firebase or another podfile that enables the
use_frameworks directive. You can opt into flipper on iOS one of two ways:
- `true` will use the version of Flipper bundled with your current react-native version
  great for layout debugging, performance checks, etc
- A semver string matching the `react-native-flipper` in your `package.json`. This
  is needed if you are using flipper plugins, which need to talk to Flipper via the
  JS bridge API. Flipper moves fast, and ensuring your versions match is critical
  to having the iOS device properly show up in the debugger.

Finally, be sure to check the Flipper GitHub if you're using a non-standard flipper
verison, as the latest flipper is not always the most stable.
*/

export default withPlugins(config, [
  [withBuildProperties, {
    "android": {
      "flipper" : $ANDROID_FLIPPER
    },
    "ios": {
      "flipper": $IOS_FLIPPER
    }
  }]
]);

Getting Help

The best way to get help is to check the expo tracker for an issue and open an issue if needed. Myself, other contributors to expo-community-flipper, Kudo (expo team) and others are there and want to help you succeed.

Closing

I want to thank every single contributor to expo-community-flipper. Those who filed bugs, helped answer questions, waited on and reported eas build results, and generally made expo better; you all made this library an absolute joy to work on. I hope to avoid looking at a Podfile for a little bit. ❤️