Changelog

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🛠 Breaking changes

🎉 New features

🐛 Bug fixes

• Fix Run Android emulator without audio option. (#340 by @lklima)

💡 Others

2.6.0 — 2026-05-05

🎉 New features

• Display user avatars uploaded on expo.dev. (#336 by @tomek-agent)
• Add deviceId support to deep-link routes. (#337 by @gabrieldonadel)

🐛 Bug fixes

• Fix OAauth with 3rd party providers on Windows and Linux. (#335 by @gabrieldonadel)

💡 Others

• Use EAS custom builds for macOS releases. (#330 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Enable react-native new architecture. (#310 by @gabrieldonadel)

2.5.0 — 2026-04-02

🎉 New features

• Use SF Symbols on macOS. (#325 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Improve launching tarballs with multi apps. (#324 by @gabrieldonadel)

💡 Others

• Add release automation scripts. (#327 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Add /devices route to local servers. (#326 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Migrate SystemIconView to Expo modules. (#329 by @gabrieldonadel)

2.4.0 — 2026-03-23

🎉 New features

• Add support for setting the app launch url. (#319 by @gabrieldonadel)

🐛 Bug fixes

• Fix crash when opening app via deep link from cold start. (#320 by @gabrieldonadel)

💡 Others

• Add exp://*.on.expo.app/** and exp://*.on.staging.expo.app/** to default trusted sources. (#323 by @gabrieldonadel)

2.3.0 — 2026-03-13

🎉 New features

• Add watchOS support. (#313 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Add support for launching macOS apps. (#315 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Improve iOS simulator boot and app install reliability. (#314 by @gabrieldonadel)

🐛 Bug fixes

• Hide horizontal scroll indicator in menu popover. (#305 by @gabrieldonadel)

💡 Others

• Upgrade to expo SDK 54 and react-native 0.81. (#254 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Optimize code for React 19. (#307 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Upgrade react-native-svg to 15.15.2. (#308 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Add localhost to local server whitelisted domains. (#317 by @gabrieldonadel)

2.2.0 — 2025-11-11

🎉 New features

• Warn users when automatically switching devices. (#302 by @gabrieldonadel)

🐛 Bug fixes

• Limit the size of error alerts in menu-bar. (#288 by @douglowder)
• Fix launching Android apps that use activity-alias. (#301 by @gabrieldonadel)

💡 Others

• Upgrade to expo SDK 53 and react-native 0.79. (#254 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Update ESLint, eslint-config-universe and setups, bump TypeScript versions. (#261 by @Simek)
• Add macOS build script. (#262 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Simplify AppDelegate.m logic in to align with Expo's template. (#263 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Migrate AppDelegate to Swift. (#264 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Enable react compiler. (#272 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Upgrade react-native-svg-transformer to 1.5.1 (#273 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Improve setup instructions for contributors. (#271 by @altaywtf)
• Use expo-web-browser for authentication on macOS. (#276 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Upgrade react-native-macos to 0.79.0. (#290 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Update Orbit app and menu bar icons. (#299 by @gabrieldonadel)

2.1.0 — 2025-06-17

🎉 New features

• Add support for configuring trusted sources for opening URLs via the CLI and menu-bar app. (#270, #275 by @altaywtf)
• Add support for deep linking with both expo-orbit:// and expo-orbit:///. (#279 by @oblador)
• Add support launching multiple apps simultaneously. (#281 by @gabrieldonadel)

💡 Others

• Remove deprecated deeplink formats. (#280 by @gabrieldonadel)

2.0.4 — 2025-06-02

🎉 New features

• Add support for displaying new project icons. (#260 by @Simek)

🐛 Bug fixes

• Fix cache check to return app path instead of directory. (#266 by @altaywtf)
• [electron] Fix multi display popover position logic. (#265 by @gabrieldonadel)

2.0.3 — 2025-05-16

🎉 New features

• Add warning when developer mode is disabled on iOS. (#250 by @gabrieldonadel)

🐛 Bug fixes

• Fix "no such file" error when opening cached builds. (#256 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Ensure UsbmuxClient can load binary plist pair record data from Apple devices. (#257 by @gabrieldonadel)

💡 Others

• Add CLI archive build phase to macOS project. (#248 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Add arch info to Rudder module. (#252 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Upgrade react-native and react-native-macos to 0.76.9. (#258 by @gabrieldonadel)

2.0.2 — 2025-02-27

🎉 New features

• [Windows] Add settings option to context menu. (#233 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Add support for opening APK files from Explorer on Windows and Linux. (#237 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Add support for opening projects directly in Expo Go through a deep link. (#241 by @gabrieldonadel)

💡 Others

• Upgrade react-native-macos to 0.76.6. (#232 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Add tracking simulator launches. (#246 by @gabrieldonadel)

2.0.1 — 2024-12-03

🎉 New features

• Allow users to manually launch updates in Expo Go. (#226 by @gabrieldonadel)
• [Linux] Add support for auto updates. (#229 by @gabrieldonadel)

🐛 Bug fixes

• [macOS] Fix new NativeEventEmitter() requires a non-null argument error when clicking "See all". (#225 by @gabrieldonadel)
• [Linux] Add maintainer field to deb packages. (#227 by @gabrieldonadel)

2.0.0 — 2024-11-22

🎉 New features

• Add experimental support for Windows and Linux. (#152, #157, #158, #160, #161, #165, #170, #171, #172, #173, #174, #175, #177, #178, #180, #181, #182, #185, #191, #220 by @gabrieldonadel)

💡 Others

• Upgrade react-native to 0.76.1. (#217 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Upgrade to expo SDK 52. (#217, #219 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Upgrade react-native-svg to 15.8.X. (#217, #219 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Upgrade electron to 33.2.0. (#218 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Add github workflow to build for Windows and Linux. (#221 by @gabrieldonadel)

1.2.1 — 2024-11-05

🐛 Bug fixes

• Fixed CLI on x64 machines. (#215 by @gabrieldonadel)

💡 Others

• Show Debug Window in release mode. (#216 by @gabrieldonadel)

1.2.0 — 2024-11-05

🎉 New features

• Automatically select the correct iOS device depending on app type. (#200 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Add support for self-signed certificates. (#208 by @gabrieldonadel)

💡 Others

• Update devices order to show physical devices first. (#197 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Improve listing connected Apple devices over Wi-Fi. (#199 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Upgrade react-native to 0.75.2. (#203, #209, by @gabrieldonadel)
• Upgrade to expo SDK 51. (#204, #212 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Upgrade react-native-svg to 15.2.0. (#204 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Add debug logs to debug menu. (#211 by @gabrieldonadel)

1.1.1 — 2024-03-15

🐛 Bug fixes

• Fix extra avd info being displayed as a bootable android emulator. (#190 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Fix installing iOS apps from tarballs that don't contain an .app or .ipa file. (#193 by @gabrieldonadel)

💡 Others

• Add warning when trying to an iOS app in a incompatible device. (#194 by @gabrieldonadel)

1.1.0 — 2024-03-06

🎉 New features

• Add support for launching Expo updates. (#134, #137, #138, #144, #148, #188 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Migrate Sparkle to Expo Modules. (#184 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Automatically handle installing incompatible Android app updates. (#187 by @gabrieldonadel)

🐛 Bug fixes

• Prevent CLI from returning invalid cached APKs when the download of the build fails. (#156 by @gabrieldonadel)

💡 Others

• Fix typo in error alert message. (#183 by @prettyClouds)

1.0.4 — 2024-02-09

🎉 New features

• Cache builds by default. (#156 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Improve fatal CLI error handling. (#163,#166 by @gabrieldonadel)

🐛 Bug fixes

• Fixed listing devices on x64 machines. (#164 by @gabrieldonadel)

💡 Others

• Use Expo CLI instead of react-native community CLI. (#155 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Add basic telemetry. (#168 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Bump snack-content@2.0.0 to preview 2. (#167 by @byCedric)

1.0.3 — 2024-01-29

🎉 New features

• Add support for Snack EAS Update URLs to support SDK 50. (#147 by @bycedric)

🐛 Bug fixes

• Fix download progress bar not updating correctly. (#150, #153 by @gabrieldonadel)

💡 Others

• Install the expo package and set up autolinking for macOS. (#130 by @tsapeta)
• Remove AsyncStorage migrator and @react-native-async-storage/async-storage dependency. (#135 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Migrate Menubar to expo modules.(#133 by @alanhughes)
• Migrate FilePicker to Expo Modules. (#132 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Upgrade react-native to 0.73.2. (#143 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Upgrade react-native-svg to 14.1.0. (#143 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Migrate ProgressIndicator to Expo Modules. (#150 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Refactor deep-link routes to comply with the URL specification. (#151 by @gabrieldonadel)

1.0.2 — 2024-01-17

🎉 New features

• Improve Snack support for older SDKs. (#117 by @gabrieldonadel)

🐛 Bug fixes

• Fix device selection logic when a simulator or device is no longer available. (#114 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Fix projects section height when the user has less than three projects. (#119 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Fix installing apps on Android real devices. (#123 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Fix Settings window size when opening it from the context menu. (#127 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Fix osascript error when launching apps on the Simulator. (#139 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Improve popover height calculations when using multiple displays. (#140 by @gabrieldonadel)

💡 Others

• Upgrade @react-native-clipboard/clipboard to 1.13.1 and remove patch. (#116 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Configure EAS build workflow. (#115 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Refresh the Settings window UI. (#121 by @simek)
• Remove unused options from native main menu when the app is focused. (#128 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Upgrade react-native to 0.73.1. (#129 by @gabrieldonadel)

1.0.1 — 2023-12-01

🎉 New features

• Automatically open popover when the user tries to reopen the app from the Dock or Spotlight. (#109 by @gabrieldonadel)

🐛 Bug fixes

• Fix installing EAS builds from cold start. (#108 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Fix onboarding command check loading status. (#110 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Fix undismissable Alerts. (#112 by @gabrieldonadel)

1.0.0 — 2023-11-14

🎉 New features

• Add ability to show/hide different types of simulators, and add experimental TV support. (#77 by @douglowder, #84, #90, #91 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Add support for opening tarballs with multiple apps. (#73, #98 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Improve feedback to the user when an error occurs. (#64, #96 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Improve UI feedback when opening a snack project. (#88 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Added drag and drop support for installing apps. (#57 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Added support for installing apps directly from Finder. (#56 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Added local HTTP server to circumvent deep-link limitations. (#52, #53, #54, #55 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Added Projects section to the menu bar. (#46, #59, #83, #95 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Added support for login to Expo. (#41, #43, #44, #45, #62, #67, #89, #100, #101 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Focus simulator/emulator window when launching an app. (#75 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Add support for running iOS internal distribution apps on real devices. (#79 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Add support for opening snack projects on real iOS devices. (#92 by @gabrieldonadel)

🐛 Bug fixes

• Fix some build and running issues. (#69 by @douglowder)
• Fix build using Xcode 15. (#74 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Fix listing iOS connected devices. (#78 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Fix SystemIconView not reacting to Appearance changes. (#85 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Fix useDeepLinking hook initial URL. (#99 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Fix popover not closing when opening URLs. (#102 by @gabrieldonadel)

💡 Others

• Add check for missing changelogs. (#49 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Clean up eas-shared package. (#60 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Unify device types across menu-bar, cli and eas-shared package. (#66 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Upgrade react-native-svg to 13.14.0 and remove patch. (#70 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Upgrade react-native to 0.72.5. (#71 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Setup Lerna. (#72 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Migrate AsyncStorage records to react-native-mmkv. (#82 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Update Onboarding to rerun checks when focusing the window. (#93 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Upgrade @react-native-clipboard/clipboard to 1.12.1 and patch warnings. (#70 by @gabrieldonadel)

0.1.3 — 2023-09-21

🎉 New features

• Add auto update support. (#65 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Improved performance when running cli commands. (#61 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Show dock icon while windows are opened. (#50 by @gabrieldonadel)

🐛 Bug fixes

• Fix SVGs on macOS Sonoma. (#63 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Prevent the AutoLauncher process from running in the background after launching the main app. (#51 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Fix WindowNavigator size calculations when showing an existing window. (#48 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Remove additional spacing from Builds header. (#40 by @Simek)

0.1.2 — 2023-08-13

🎉 New features

• Added a context menu when right clicking on the menu bar icon. (#36 by @gabrieldonadel)

🐛 Bug fixes

• Fixed listing devices on Intel machines. (#39 by @gabrieldonadel)

💡 Others

• Refetch devices list after launching a simulator. (#37 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Improve Popover height estimations. (#38 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Add alert when trying to install build with no available device. (#38 by @gabrieldonadel)

0.1.1 — 2023-08-10

🐛 Bug fixes

• Fixed listing devices when Android SDK path or xcrun is not configured correctly. (#26 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Fixed menu bar popover height after putting Mac to sleep. (#28 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Prevent multiple "Launch" clicks, add label when booting. (#29 by @Simek)
• Fixed Pre-flight checklist UI when a check fails. (#33 by @gabrieldonadel)
• Fixed Folder icon not rendering correctly inside the Settings Window. (#34 by @gabrieldonadel)

💡 Others

• Move device running indicator inside the Popover to the right along with a green dot. (#17 by @Simek)

• Adjust Builds section spacing. (#16 by @Simek)

0.1.0 — 2023-08-10

This version does not introduce any user-facing changes.