"Unmatched Route" in brand new example app after expo prebuild

[jiehanzheng]

Summary

Hello! I see the attached screen for a fresh install.

Immediately after expo prebuild, I notice that the app was opened using:

› Opening com.anonymous.examplerouterapp://expo-development-client/?url=http%3A%2F%2F192.168.11.137%3A8083 on iPhone 14 Pro

which maybe the Router doesn't understand?

Minimal reproducible example

Create new app:

npx create-expo-app@latest --example with-router
# name: example-router-app

Resulting package.json

✅ Works fine if I run using Expo Go:

cd example-router-app
npm run ios

In the app, tap touch app/index.js and router works fine.

❌ However, the pre-built app shows the Unmatched Route error:

npx expo prebuild
npx expo run:ios

Get the error above.

[EvanBacon]

expo-development-client doesn't support deep linking, workaround coming soon

[shendric-lamar]

I still have an issue when I try to follow this temporary hack.
When is try opening this link palau://expo-development-client/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A8081%2F in the mobile web-browser on my iOs simulator, it opens the app successfully. However, when I try to open this link palau://expo-development-client/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A8081%2Fapp%2Fauth%2Fsignup it gives me this error:

I have also tried without the /app part in my link as I am new to expo-router and not sure if I should add this.
This is my folder structure at the moment:

The normal routing inside the app works as I am able to switch between screens.

Any ideas on how to surpass this?

[jstdk]

This issue also happens on Expo for Web. Worked yesterday, When I started coding today, first thing that happened is the UnMatched Route. No deeplinking, just a simple route from page a to b

Edit:
Error goes away when I remove the package import DocumentPicker from 'react-native-document-picker'. I had to use this because the Expo native Expo Document Picker crashes Supabase.

[sheltonkertich]

happened to me.
steps to reproduce the error

i had renamed my entry file to a custom name, thus showing the error.

reverting this fixed the issue. ie the very first file or entry screen in your app should be index.js/ts and not a custom name

[rohit20001221]

i dont know if this is the solution but this is a simple hack
for the [...unmatched].tsx you could redirect to home or login screen

https://youtu.be/RglRiycD0oQ?t=642

[Sushant206]

happened to me. steps to reproduce the error

i had renamed my entry file to a custom name, thus showing the error.

reverting this fixed the issue. ie the very first file or entry screen in your app should be index.js/ts and not a custom name

Man you really saved my day .

[OoDeLally]

happened to me. steps to reproduce the error

i had renamed my entry file to a custom name, thus showing the error.

reverting this fixed the issue. ie the very first file or entry screen in your app should be index.js/ts and not a custom name

I couldnt thank you more... The official tutorial https://docs.expo.dev/router/advanced/modals/ has zero mention of that, and I was turning around for hours...