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App crashes on splash screen

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
42/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
typescript
Domain
devtools, mobile-dev

Research direction

Start with the DevTools plugin setup in index.tsx and the useDevToolsPluginClient error shown in the adb log; reproduce the issue in an Expo 50 development APK, both with and without the react-navigation plugin. Done means the development build proceeds past the splash screen without the reported client-setup error.

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Description

Thanks for the great work for Expo 50.

I enabled the DevTools plugin for react-navigation in my index.tsx file:

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The app works fine with the dev server locally. But When I build it and try the development build (apk file on my device or emulator), the app hangs at the Splash screen. And this is the adb log from the console:

01-20 14:00:03.693  4767  4812 I cr_LibraryLoader: Successfully loaded native library
01-20 14:00:03.693  4767  4812 I cr_CachingUmaRecorder: Flushed 8 samples from 8 histograms.
01-20 14:00:03.699  4767  4811 E ReactNativeJS: Error: Failed to setup client from useDevToolsPluginClient: [object Object]
01-20 14:00:03.699  4767  4811 E ReactNativeJS:
01-20 14:00:03.699  4767  4811 E ReactNativeJS: This error is located at:
01-20 14:00:03.699  4767  4811 E ReactNativeJS:     in Index
01-20 14:00:03.699  4767  4811 E ReactNativeJS:     in RCTView
01-20 14:00:03.699  4767  4811 E ReactNativeJS:     in Unknown
01-20 14:00:03.699  4767  4811 E ReactNativeJS:     in RCTView
01-20 14:00:03.699  4767  4811 E ReactNativeJS:     in Unknown
01-20 14:00:03.699  4767  4811 E ReactNativeJS:     in AppContainer, js engine: hermes
01-20 14:00:03.701   402   402 I RanchuHwc: validateDisplay: layer 66 CompositionType 1, fallback to client
01-20 14:00:03.701   402   402 I RanchuHwc: validateDisplay: layer 65 CompositionType 1, fallback to client
01-20 14:00:03.702  4767  4812 E unknown:ReactNative: Error: Failed to setup client from useDevToolsPluginClient: [object Object]
01-20 14:00:03.702  4767  4812 E unknown:ReactNative:
01-20 14:00:03.702  4767  4812 E unknown:ReactNative: This error is located at:
01-20 14:00:03.702  4767  4812 E unknown:ReactNative:     in Index
01-20 14:00:03.702  4767  4812 E unknown:ReactNative:     in RCTView
01-20 14:00:03.702  4767  4812 E unknown:ReactNative:     in Unknown
01-20 14:00:03.702  4767  4812 E unknown:ReactNative:     in RCTView
01-20 14:00:03.702  4767  4812 E unknown:ReactNative:     in Unknown
01-20 14:00:03.702  4767  4812 E unknown:ReactNative:     in AppContainer, js engine: hermes, stack:
01-20 14:00:03.702  4767  4812 E unknown:ReactNative: ?anon_0_@1:3334106
01-20 14:00:03.702  4767  4812 E unknown:ReactNative: asyncGeneratorStep@1:148149
01-20 14:00:03.702  4767  4812 E unknown:ReactNative: _throw@1:148451
01-20 14:00:03.702  4767  4812 E unknown:ReactNative: tryCallOne@53:15
01-20 14:00:03.702  4767  4812 E unknown:ReactNative: anonymous@139:26
01-20 14:00:03.702  4767  4812 E unknown:ReactNative: anonymous@1:321582
01-20 14:00:03.702  4767  4812 E unknown:ReactNative: _callTimer@1:320581
01-20 14:00:03.702  4767  4812 E unknown:ReactNative: _callReactNativeMicrotasksPass@1:320725
01-20 14:00:03.702  4767  4812 E unknown:ReactNative: callReactNativeMicrotasks@1:322659
01-20 14:00:03.702  4767  4812 E unknown:ReactNative: __callReactNativeMicrotasks@1:163417
01-20 14:00:03.702  4767  4812 E unknown:ReactNative: anonymous@1:162552
01-20 14:00:03.702  4767  4812 E unknown:ReactNative: __guard@1:163291
01-20 14:00:03.702  4767  4812 E unknown:ReactNative: flushedQueue@1:162463
01-20 14:00:03.702  4767  4812 E unknown:ReactNative: callFunctionReturnFlushedQueue@1:162319
Versions

expo: 50.0.2
react-navigation/native: 6.1.9
react-navigation/stack: 6.3.20
react-navigation/drawer: 6.6.6

Not sure if this is related to this plugin or react-router. Thanks.

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