Development mode with standalone app (for branch.io)

Hi guys,

I’m trying to start using the Branch (branch.io) functionality in Expo, but it’s obviously painful because it’s only available in standalone apps.

What would be great is to build a standalone iOS app that points to a tunnel URL and have the app in development mode so that you can develop the app without using the Expo client.

I tried everything I could to do this. I basically modified EXShell.plist to change the URL and a few settings and then re-signed the .ipa. This got me a working app that i submitted to TestFlight, but I ended up with:

“RNBranch has no setter or ivar for its bridge, which is not permitted.”

I didn’t delve any deeper than that. It looks like it almost worked, but I’m a bit lost from here.

The only other option it seems is to publish my app to a release channel every time I want to test my changes. The app takes quite a few minutes to publish, which means development is going to be slow and painful.

Any thoughts?

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