[android] expo 51 crashs on android with jsEngine of jsc

[hirwaaldo1]

Minimal reproducible example

https://github.com/hirwaaldo1/expo-51-issue-android

What platform(s) does this occur on?

Android

Did you reproduce this issue in a development build?

Yes

Summary

am using Expo 51, the latest version of Expo and SDK, but I also want to use "JSC" as the jsEngine. However, it is not working on Android; it works fine on iOS. On Android, it opens Expo Go and starts bundling, but after that, Expo Go crashes and closes itself (the whole Expo Go application).

Environment

expo-env-info 1.2.0 environment info:
System:
OS: macOS 13.6.6
Binaries:
Node: 18.17.0
Yarn: 1.22.21
npm: 10.2.4
Watchman: 2024.03.25.00
Managers:
CocoaPods: 1.14.3
SDKs:
iOS SDK:
Platforms: DriverKit 23.2, iOS 17.2, macOS 14.2, tvOS 17.2, watchOS 10.2
IDEs:
Android Studio: 2022.3
Xcode: 15.1/15C65
npmPackages:
expo: ~51.0.5 => 51.0.5
react: 18.2.0 => 18.2.0
react-native: 0.74.1 => 0.74.1
npmGlobalPackages:
eas-cli: 7.1.1
expo-cli: 6.3.10
Expo Workflow: managed

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[Nkgohil007]

@hirwaaldo1
Run this app using expo development build
it will resolve the issue.

[hirwaaldo1]

Thanks @Nkgohil007, but I think we use development build mode when we already have the APK installed on the phone. That means the app will not run based on Expo Go!

[The-Anomaly]

Is there a solution for this yet? I upgraded my expo app to SDK 51 and the app crashes when jsEngine is set to jsc.