SKILL

expo-upgrade

Guidelines for upgrading Expo SDK versions and fixing dependency issues

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  • References
  • Beta/Preview Releases
  • Step-by-Step Upgrade Process
  • Breaking Changes Checklist
  • Prebuild for Native Changes
  • Clear caches for bare workflow
  • Housekeeping
  • Deprecated Packages

./references/react-19.md -- SDK +54: React 19 changes (useContext → use, Context.Provider → Context, forwardRef removal) ./references/new-architecture.md -- SDK +53: New Architecture migration guide ./references/react-compiler.md -- SDK +54: React Compiler setup and migration guide ./references/native-tabs.md -- SDK +55: Native tabs changes (Icon/Label/Badge now accessed via NativeTabs.Trigger.\) ./references/expo-av-to-audio.md -- SDK +55: Migrate audio playback and recording from expo-av to expo-audio ./references/expo-av-to-video.md -- SDK +55: Migrate video playback from expo-av to expo-video ./references/react-navigation-to-expo-router.md -- SDK +56: Migrate @react-navigation/ imports to expo-router entry points (codemod + manual mapping) Beta versions use .preview suffix (e.g., 55.0.0-preview.2), published under @next tag. Check if latest is beta: https://exp.host/--/api/v2/versions (look for -preview in expoVersion) If upgrading from SDK 55 or earlier, skip SDK 56 and upgrade directly to SDK 57. Don't use expo@57.0.8 or below. SDK 55 with Hermes V1 enabled, SDK 56, and older SDK 57 releases contain a Hermes V1 memory regression that can drastically increase memory usage when

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