How to apply app.json changes in EAS

[wodin]

Hi @basselturky

This can happen if you accidentally switch to the bare workflow e.g. by running npx expo run:android or npx expo prebuild which will generate the android and/or ios directories. At this point you have a bare project, most things in app.json will be ignored and if you want to change the icon/splash screen, you would need to do it in the native projects directly.

Assuming you did not intend to switch to the bare workflow, you can switch back to the managed workflow.

See the following for more details:

Should I exclude `ios`?

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