For some reason my shared links stopped working with the rest of my team. I’m attempting to share my app with the client and when I send the email the expo link sent is a localhost address.
How do we get these to work again as I had this working before. Currently I am set to host: tunnel protocol: exp
Looks like this was an issue with version 19 of expo. I updated everything to version 21 and now i see a proper link instead of just the localhost and port.
try either using a tunnel URL (in XDE, click the gear next to the URL then choose Host > Tunnel). this will use an internet tunnel which will let the URL work for other people. if you have this already chosen but you are getting a localhost URL, maybe try restarting your computer.
you can also publish your project by clicking project. this will upload a snapshot of your code to the cloud so anyone anywhere can access it quickly. this is what i would recommend for sharing with people so they can try it. in XDE, just click publish. or run exp publish. this will give you a permanent URL you can share.
If it’s unlisted, it’s like an unlisted YouTube video – only people who have the link (that you would have to share with them) – would be able to see it.
You could put your own login screen or something on your app to add more security if that’s important to your client. We might provide something like that in the future, but its not an immediate priority.
I have my project as unlisted but request link wont send a link neither through email or text after project is published. Is there something i am missing?