Local builds not working on windows

[yousefelgoharyx]

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Summary

Expo local builds are not working on windows. Whenever I run eas build --profile preview --platform android --local. I get the following message: Error: Unsupported platform, macOS or Linux is required to build apps for Android.
If eas-cli does not support building Android apps on windows that would be very frustrating because I would like to build on my machine not on your cloud service.

Managed or bare?

Managed

Environment

expo-env-info 1.0.5 environment info:
System:
OS: Windows 10 10.0.22621
Binaries:
Node: 18.13.0 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.EXE
Yarn: 1.22.19 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\yarn.CMD
npm: 8.19.3 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.CMD
IDEs:
Android Studio: Version 2021.1.0.0 AI-211.7628.21.2111.8309675
npmPackages:
expo: ~48.0.4 => 48.0.4
react: 18.2.0 => 18.2.0
react-native: 0.71.3 => 0.71.3
Expo Workflow: managed
// -> I have windows 11 btw

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ │
│ There is a new version of expo-cli available (6.3.2). │
│ You are currently using expo-cli 5.4.11 │
│ Install expo-cli globally using the package manager of your choice; │
│ for example: npm install -g expo-cli to get the latest version │
│ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
√ Found all copies of expo-modules-autolinking
All copies of expo-modules-autolinking satisfy ~1.1.0
√ Found all copies of @expo/config-plugins
All copies of @expo/config-plugins satisfy ~6.0.0
√ Found all copies of @expo/prebuild-config
All copies of @expo/prebuild-config satisfy ~6.0.0

🎉 Didn't find any issues with the project!

Error output

Error: Unsupported platform, macOS or Linux is required to build apps for Android.

Reproducible demo or steps to reproduce from a blank project

Idk just run a local android build on Windows.

[wkozyra95]

Message is correct, windows is not supported. You can still use eas build --local on windows inside WSL or run npx expo prebuild and bulid from android studio.

Note that WSL technically it's not officially supported(we do not test it), but it seems to work well.

[sc0rp10n-py]

Message is correct, windows is not supported. You can still use eas build --local on windows inside WSL or run npx expo prebuild and bulid from android studio.

Note that WSL technically it's not officially supported(we do not test it), but it seems to work well.

I tried npx expo prebuild and build from android studio, but it gives be development build of app as apk, not the original apps apk. How to fix that?

[wkozyra95]

If you have dev client configured in your project then Debug build will include dev client and Release will not. Just build release version of an APK

[openSourcerer9000]

Ah yes, you can only build for android OS on an Apple OS. Likewise you can only run a build for iOS directly on an android phone. Otherwise you are welcome to line up in the EAS free queue for decades until both platforms are obsolete.

[oculosdanilo]

Message is correct, windows is not supported. You can still use eas build --local on windows inside WSL or run npx expo prebuild and bulid from android studio.
Note that WSL technically it's not officially supported(we do not test it), but it seems to work well.

I tried npx expo prebuild and build from android studio, but it gives be development build of app as apk, not the original apps apk. How to fix that?

You will need to sign the apk with a keystore on android studio for it to build a release apk
tutorial for creating a keystore and signing an apk: https://developer.android.com/studio/publish/app-signing#sign-apk

[OOCAZ]

Update to this issue I did get it building on WSL (Ubuntu 22) and can provide instructions if wanted, you cannot use the raw android-sdk, you have to install android studio, make sure the android-sdk is uninstalled and then you can build it. Happy to help if anyone needs help building on WSL. Took me like 3 days to figure all of this out.

[lucawernicke]

Update to this issue I did get it building on WSL (Ubuntu 22) and can provide instructions if wanted, you cannot use the raw android-sdk, you have to install android studio, make sure the android-sdk is uninstalled and then you can build it. Happy to help if anyone needs help building on WSL. Took me like 3 days to figure all of this out.

@OOCAZ i would really appreciate this. I tried it but im getting an error when trying to use any eas command like login or build --local. The error is following:

npm ERR! could not determine executable to run

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:

[OOCAZ]

Update to this issue I did get it building on WSL (Ubuntu 22) and can provide instructions if wanted, you cannot use the raw android-sdk, you have to install android studio, make sure the android-sdk is uninstalled and then you can build it. Happy to help if anyone needs help building on WSL. Took me like 3 days to figure all of this out.

@OOCAZ i would really appreciate this. I tried it but im getting an error when trying to use any eas command like login or build --local. The error is following:

npm ERR! could not determine executable to run

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:

Hey @LujoTheRealOne. Could you give some more verbose errors? The only thing I can think of off the top of my head is, do you have the eas-cli installed globally?

Let me know and we can work through this.

[lucawernicke]

Update to this issue I did get it building on WSL (Ubuntu 22) and can provide instructions if wanted, you cannot use the raw android-sdk, you have to install android studio, make sure the android-sdk is uninstalled and then you can build it. Happy to help if anyone needs help building on WSL. Took me like 3 days to figure all of this out.

@OOCAZ i would really appreciate this. I tried it but im getting an error when trying to use any eas command like login or build --local. The error is following:

npm ERR! could not determine executable to run

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:

Hey @LujoTheRealOne. Could you give some more verbose errors? The only thing I can think of off the top of my head is, do you have the eas-cli installed globally?

Let me know and we can work through this.

Hey @OOCAZ, you were right, I figured it out already. Thx. But now I'm facing the next issue. The console is telling me, that it can't locate the Ndk and no SDK provided but I installed openjdk and an SDK.

[OOCAZ]

Update to this issue I did get it building on WSL (Ubuntu 22) and can provide instructions if wanted, you cannot use the raw android-sdk, you have to install android studio, make sure the android-sdk is uninstalled and then you can build it. Happy to help if anyone needs help building on WSL. Took me like 3 days to figure all of this out.

@OOCAZ i would really appreciate this. I tried it but im getting an error when trying to use any eas command like login or build --local. The error is following:

npm ERR! could not determine executable to run

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:

Hey @LujoTheRealOne. Could you give some more verbose errors? The only thing I can think of off the top of my head is, do you have the eas-cli installed globally?

Let me know and we can work through this.

Hey @OOCAZ, you were right, I figured it out already. Thx. But now I'm facing the next issue. The console is telling me, that it can't locate the Ndk and no SDK provided but I installed openjdk and an SDK.

So you cannot install the default SDK, you have to uninstall it and then install Android studio for Linux. Once you do that it will walk you through the standard setup and prompt you to install the SDK suite. But if you do not have the old default SDK uninstalled it won't allow you to install the Android Studio SDK.

Ping me again if none of that makes sense.

[lucawernicke]

So you cannot install the default SDK, you have to uninstall it and then install Android studio for Linux. Once you do that it will walk you through the standard setup and prompt you to install the SDK suite. But if you do not have the old default SDK uninstalled it won't allow you to install the Android Studio SDK.

Ping me again if none of that makes sense.

@OOCAZ You know how to install Android Studio on Linux Ubuntu WSL? It's only a command prompted system.

[OOCAZ]

So you cannot install the default SDK, you have to uninstall it and then install Android studio for Linux. Once you do that it will walk you through the standard setup and prompt you to install the SDK suite. But if you do not have the old default SDK uninstalled it won't allow you to install the Android Studio SDK.

Ping me again if none of that makes sense.

@OOCAZ You know how to install Android Studio on Linux Ubuntu WSL? It's only a command prompted system.

Yep. Just download it for Linux, unzip the tar and then navigate inside of it to the studio.sh and execute it. Then it will create a UI for you to finish the install.

I know it's weird, but it's what I did to get it working.

[lucawernicke]

So you cannot install the default SDK, you have to uninstall it and then install Android studio for Linux. Once you do that it will walk you through the standard setup and prompt you to install the SDK suite. But if you do not have the old default SDK uninstalled it won't allow you to install the Android Studio SDK.

Ping me again if none of that makes sense.

@OOCAZ You know how to install Android Studio on Linux Ubuntu WSL? It's only a command prompted system.

Yep. Just download it for Linux, unzip the tar and then navigate inside of it to the studio.sh and execute it. Then it will create a UI for you to finish the install.

I know it's weird, but it's what I did to get it working.

Oh okay, I will try it out tomorrow. Shut down my Laptop already. Thanks for your time!