App closes after clicking "Debug JS Remotely" when running the app with `expo start --android --offline`

[apappas1129]

Please provide the following:

1. SDK Version: 39
2. Platforms(Android/iOS/web/all): Android

I want to run my project on an actual device without having the need to connect my phone on a wifi network where my computer is also connected on. So I tried expo start --android --offline (also tried adding --dev), It runs but the app closes after opening the Menu and choosing “Debug JS Remotely”. I want to debug over the usb cable and not through the Wifi network because our company’s machines are only wired and we wifi is not available/allowed.

[wodin]

This is a known problem:

After upgrade to SDK 39, Apps crash when remote js debugging is activated

we’ll roll out a fix for this within the next week or so. see the related issue https://github.com/expo/expo/issues/10284 this happens on android in sdk 39 when remote debugging js is enabled

I see the two pull requests mentioned in the issue were merged yesterday so I expect the fix will be released soon.

[wodin]

It looks like this has now been fixed:

SDK 39++ bug fix release

[lc3t35]

Expo app is crashing at launch on samsung android 10, works fine on Huawei android 9.
Works fine on ios