Assets missing only in iOS release build after ejecting

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Ok I found out the problem.
When ejecting, expo is supposed to generate a metro.config.js file that looks like that:

module.exports = {
    transformer: {
        assetPlugins: ['expo-asset/tools/hashAssetFiles']
    }
};

I presume it makes sure the assets are bundled correctly.
However I already had a metro.config.js file prior to ejecting that I needed for a svg library so expo didn’t generate a new one.

In future version of expo it would be practical if the eject process could add the necessary configuration inside the metro.config.js if the file already exists.

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