Do I have to use EAS Build and expo updates in order to use expo-dev-client?

Hi like the title says, my question is: Do I have to use EAS Build and / or expo updates in order to use expo-dev-client? Currently we use AppCenter to build our app and use codepush for updates, We’re already ejected from expo but still use a lot of feature from expo, but the expo go app is not enough for us because it doesn’t have support for some of the packages we use.

Hi @beedle

Yes, you need to use EAS Build to build the dev client, but you do not need to use expo-cli publish or eas update. That is completely optional.

Also, you do not have to use Expo’s build servers to build the app. You can use eas build --local to build on your own machine.