EAS CLI — Common Commands Cheatsheet

Tip: Keep your CLI updated to avoid warnings.

npm install -g eas-cli

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🔧 Setup & Configuration

# Login to your Expo account
eas login

# Logout
eas logout

# Check who is logged in
eas whoami

# Initialize EAS in your project (creates eas.json)
eas build:configure

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🏗️ Build

# Build for Android (uses "production" profile by default)
eas build --platform android

# Build for iOS
eas build --platform ios

# Build for both platforms
eas build --platform all

# Build using a specific profile
eas build --platform android --profile development
eas build --platform android --profile preview
eas build --platform android --profile production

# Build locally (on your machine, not EAS servers)
eas build --platform android --local

# List all previous builds
eas build:list

# Check build status/details
eas build:view

📋 Build Profiles, Output Format, and Expo Environment Variables

Clarification: In eas.json, these two settings do different things:

• "android": { "buildType": "apk" } → controls the Android output format (APK instead of AAB).
• "environment": "preview" → tells EAS to load environment variables from the matching Expo dashboard environment on expo.dev.

{
  "build": {
    "preview": {
      "environment": "preview",
      "android": {
        "buildType": "apk"
      }
    }
  }
}

You can also set "environment" for other profiles like "development" and "production" to read their respective variables from Expo.

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🚀 Submit (Upload to Store)

# Submit Android build to Google Play Store
eas submit --platform android

# Submit iOS build to Apple App Store
eas submit --platform ios

# Submit a specific build by ID
eas submit --platform android --id <build-id>

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🔄 Update (OTA Updates)

# Publish an OTA update to a channel
eas update --channel production --message "Fix login bug"

# Publish to a specific branch
eas update --branch main --message "UI improvements"

# List all updates
eas update:list

# View details of a specific update
eas update:view <update-id>

# Roll back to a previous update
eas update:roll-back-to-embedded

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🔐 Secrets & Environment Variables

# List all secrets for the project
eas secret:list

# Create a new secret
eas secret:create --scope project --name MY_SECRET --value "your-value"

# Delete a secret
eas secret:delete --name MY_SECRET

# List environment variables
eas env:list

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📱 Device Management

# Register a device for development builds (iOS)
eas device:create

# List registered devices
eas device:list

# Delete a registered device
eas device:delete

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🔑 Credentials

# Manage credentials interactively
eas credentials

# View Android credentials
eas credentials --platform android

# View iOS credentials
eas credentials --platform ios

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👤 Account & Project

# Link project to your EAS account
eas init

# View project info
eas project:info

# Open project on expo.dev in browser
eas open

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Quick Reference

Task	Command
Login	eas login
Android dev build	eas build --platform android --profile development
Android prod build	eas build --platform android --profile production
OTA update	eas update --channel production --message "..."
Submit to Play Store	eas submit --platform android
Add a secret	eas secret:create --scope project --name KEY --value val
List secrets	eas secret:list
List env vars	eas env:list
View builds	eas build:list