react-native expo cli - eas homescreen widget

Question

ı making react-native app with using expo-cli. npx create-expo-app my-app can ı make android widget with expo-cli ?

when ı search tuttorials they are usign bare reactnative. and in one article said " you have to use bare react native " but in one reddit post said " with new eas updates you can use expo for making widget "

or should ı use bare react native ? if ı use bare react native , can ı use eas for deploying and updating my app to play store ?

Answer 1

You might find this repo helpful, especially the widget and plugin folders.

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Answer 2

You can make android widgets with Expo without writing native code by using https://github.com/sAleksovski/react-native-android-widget

You cannot use Expo Go, and will need to build an "Expo Dev Client" for development.

Other than that, deploying/updating the app on App Store should be the same.