
Challenge: iOS App from Zero to a Friend's Phone in 1 Hour
I was browsing the Expo website and chanced upon their new product, EAS Launch . It promises a 'one-click' launch to the App Store. I’ve long thought that someone should build a tool equivalent to Vercel or Netlify for mobile , so I’m very curious to see if it delivers on that promise... ? The Problem Traditionally, getting an app on a friend's phone meant: Buying a Mac -> Installing 40GB of Xcode -> Wrestling with Provisioning Profiles -> Understand Build Configs -> Self Doubt ->... Is it working now?? The Solution Using Expo Launch (EAS) to handle all of the above. The Goal Start from scratch using "create-expo-app" npm package, ask Cursor to make a sample app, and end with a Apple invite email on a friend's device for them to install and run. The Pre-Flight Checklist (Minutes 0–5) To hit the sub-one-hour mark, I need these ready: A GitHub account An Apple Developer Program membership ($99/year). An Expo account, preferably paid to get in the priority queue ($20 USD per month). Curso
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