Issue using expo and expo go on the lan

[john doe]

Debians,

I'm required to use 'expo' as a server and to use the 'expo go' app on a
android device to create apps

On Bullseye, I have installed 'nodejs' and 'npm' 'expo-cli' using 'npm'.

I have created an new app with 'expo init myapp' then I do:
$ cd myapp
$ expo start
This starts the "server" and I can access it at the specified URI
(http:://xxx.xxx.1.5:19000) from a web browser.
Strangely, I see the content of the file app.json but not the app it self.

I have a fiew questions:
- Why am I seeing the content of the *.json file and not the app (I
would like to see the app on android an at the same time in the browser)?
- Do I need to open other ports than the one shown when starting the
server (per default 19000)?
- The android device can't access the server at 'exp://xxx.xxx.1.5'?


Any feedback is appriciated.

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John Doe

[Dan Ritter]

john doe wrote:
> I'm required to use 'expo' as a server and to use the 'expo go' app on a
> android device to create apps
>
> On Bullseye, I have installed 'nodejs' and 'npm' 'expo-cli' using 'npm'.
>
> I have created an new app with 'expo init myapp' then I do:
> $ cd myapp
> $ expo start
> This starts the "server" and I can access it at the specified URI
> (http:://xxx.xxx.1.5:19000) from a web browser.
> Strangely, I see the content of the file app.json but not the app it self.
>
> I have a fiew questions:
> - Why am I seeing the content of the *.json file and not the app (I
> would like to see the app on android an at the same time in the browser)?

I don't know anything about this system, but I do know this:
when a web-like server is showing you the contents of something
rather than executing it, the web-like server is misconfigured
in some way. Start looking in logs.

-dsr-

[john doe]

Looks like you can not have both (web, android) at the same time.
Thanks for the hints DSR.


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John Doe