Setting the file. One moment.
Subchapter 19.1
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When you launch Expo Go or a development build yourself, suppress the onboarding sheet, the dev menu at launch, and the Tools button with launch flags. Don’t change app config for this.
SDK 58+: Expo CLI adds the flags itself when it has no TTY (force with ). For URLs you open yourself, append to or .
EXPO_NO_DEV_MENU=1__expo_disable_onboarding=1&__expo_disable_fab=1&__expo_disable_auto_launch=1exp://<host>:8081<scheme>://?__expo_url=<encoded dev server URL>SDK 57 and earlier, iOS: launch with these arguments before opening the URL. They last for that process only.
xcrun simctl launch --terminate-running-process booted <bundle id> \
-EXDevMenuIsOnboardingFinished 1 -EXDevMenuShowsAtLaunch 0 -EXDevMenuShowFloatingActionButton 0SDK 57 and earlier, Android: append &disableOnboarding=1&disableFab=1&disableAutoLaunch=1 to <scheme>://expo-development-client/?url=<encoded dev server URL>. Only disableOnboarding works before expo-dev-launcher 57.0.20. Expo Go has no flag, so dismiss its onboarding once.
Opening URLs: on Android, use adb shell "am start -a android.intent.action.VIEW -d '<url>'". The inner quotes keep the URL’s &. On iOS, simctl openurl shows an “Open in ‘‘?” prompt for any scheme not yet approved. Approve it first:
P=~/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/<udid>/data/Library/Preferences/com.apple.launchservices.schemeapproval.plist
K="com.apple.CoreSimulator.CoreSimulatorBridge--><scheme>"
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :'$K' <bundle id>" "$P" 2>/dev/null || /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Add :'$K' string <bundle id>" "$P"Expo Go’s bundle id is host.exp.Exponent, and its scheme is exp.