No tvOS target in iOS project...?

[bohlec]

Hi!

I have an existing bare Expo project that I'm trying to add tvOS support to. Since the prebuild command isn't really an option in my setup, I was trying to use this repo as a guide on how to properly set up the iOS project.

After installing, pod installing and opening the project in XCode - I don't see a new tvOS target, and I don't see tvOS added as a Supported Destination for the only target available.

If I add tvOS as a destination to the existing target and attempt to build and deploy to an Apple TV Simulator, I get build errors:

If I try and build to an iPhone 14 simulator, I get build errors:

I'm new to Expo and React Native (and XCode for that matter) so I might be misunderstanding something, but how can I get this working so I can try and replicate in my application?

Thank you!

[abdullahceylan]

Hi @bohlec,
According to the errors, there are some missing packages. Firstly, did you change the react-native version as npm:react-native-tvos@0.69.6-0? Since TV functionality has been removed from the core package, this is required.

Also, you need to install expo-keep-awake and expo-modules-core packages according to the first error.

I'm not sure if you can push your sample project to somewhere I can pull, I can also have a look when I'm available.

Thanks.

[bohlec]

Hi @abdullahceylan - thanks for the response. I managed to get things working for my application with the exception of expo-updates which wasn't as simple as updating the build targets in the podspec. You don't have a working patch for that package by chance, do you?

[abdullahceylan]

Hey @bohlec - Sorry for the late reply. Unfortunately, I haven't tried expo-updates with this template. I don't think I can do it anytime soon. I'll close the issue as the actual issue has been solved already but will update my comment when I find a chance to try with expo-updates.

Thanks.