Updated project and build keeps failing

Help: Expo-CLI/Build Service
#1

Hello!

I’ve recently updated an old Expo project from SDK 34 => 40 with “expo upgrade”, and resolved any issues that occured.

Now, whenever I try to build the project with “expo build:ios” I get an error:

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 14:45:06 GMT
Error: Unsupported SDK Version!
    at Object.ensureCanBuildSdkVersion (/usr/local/turtle-js/build/builders/utils/version.js:19:15)
    at async Object.iosBuilder [as ios] (/usr/local/turtle-js/build/builders/ios/index.js:20:9)
    at async build (/usr/local/turtle-js/build/jobManager.js:181:33)
    at async processJob (/usr/local/turtle-js/build/jobManager.js:118:32)
    at async Object.doJob (/usr/local/turtle-js/build/jobManager.js:49:5)
    at async main (/usr/local/turtle-js/build/server.js:66:13)

In the activty-tab on the Expo-website I can also see that it says SDK 34.00 whenever I try to build an IPA.

Why is it not showing SDK 40.00?

#2

Build service is using last published bundle, so if you run build with --no-publish flag it will fail because bundle for sdk 40 was not published. Is this a case?

If the above is not the case, make sure that you don’t have any references to sdk34(the content of app.json, version of expo package)

#3

Hi wkozyra,

Yes, that’s entirely correct, I’m building it with --no-publish flag.

I want to build an iOS IPA to be sent out with Testflight, is it possible without publishing?

#4

If you want to use your current code you need to publish

  • apps that are currently in production won’t be updated (publish is fixed to specific SDK version)
  • you can use release-channel to separate builds that are used for testing and ones you want to deploy
#5

Thanks for the quick reply wkozyra!

Ok, thanks for the information. I will separate the channels, and use one for deployment and one for testing!