Webpack config that's optimized for running universal React and react-native-web projects
To learn more about how to use this Webpack config, check out the docs here: Customizing the Webpack config
Running expo customize:web
will generate this default config in your project.
const createExpoWebpackConfigAsync = require('@expo/webpack-config');
module.exports = async function (env, argv) {
const config = await createExpoWebpackConfigAsync(env, argv);
// Customize the config before returning it.
return config;
};
The main options used to configure how @expo/webpack-config
works.
name | type | default | description |
---|---|---|---|
projectRoot |
string |
required | Root of the Expo project. |
https |
boolean |
false |
Should the dev server use https protocol. |
mode |
Mode |
required | The Webpack mode to bundle the project in. |
platform |
ExpoPlatform |
required | The target platform to bundle for. |
pwa |
boolean |
true |
Generate the PWA image assets in production mode. |
babel |
ExpoBabelOptions |
undefined |
Control how the default Babel loader is configured. |
name | type | default | description |
---|---|---|---|
config |
ExpoConfig |
undefined |
The Expo project config, this should be read using @expo/config . |
locations |
FilePaths |
undefined |
Paths used to locate where things are. |
| type | description |
| ------ | ----------- | ----- | ----------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 'ios' | 'android' | 'web' | 'electron'
| The target platform to bundle for. Native platforms are experimental and require a special native runtime. |
Control how the default Babel loader is configured.
name | type | default | description |
---|---|---|---|
dangerouslyAddModulePathsToTranspile |
string[] |
undefined |
Add the names of node_modules that should be included transpilation step. |
- See the docs for
expo-pwa
to learn more about creating the assets manually. - Disable automatic PWA generation with
expo build:web --no-pwa
. expo build:web
will automatically skip any PWA asset that's already linked in the project's localweb/index.html
.- Having sharp CLI installed globally will speed up asset generation, if it's not installed, Jimp will be used instead.
The manifest.json
will be created using the values in the project's app.config.js
:
Generating the manifest.json
will be skipped if the following exists in the project's web/index.html
:
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<link rel="manifest" href="..." />
If the icons
array is defined in your manifest.json
, then Chrome PWA icon generation will be skipped.
Icons will be generated using the file defined in your app.config.js
under android.icon
and it'll fallback to icon
.
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{
"icons": [
{
"src": "...",
"sizes": "144x144",
"type": "image/png"
},
{
"src": "...",
"sizes": "192x192",
"type": "image/png"
},
{
"src": "...",
"sizes": "512x512",
"type": "image/png"
}
]
}
Favicons will be generated using the file defined in your app.config.js
under web.favicon
and it'll fallback to icon
.
Asset generation for Favicons will be individually skipped if any of the following fields exist in your web/index.html
:
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<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="16x16" href="..." />
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="32x32" href="..." />
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="..." />
Icons will be generated using the file defined in your app.config.js
under ios.icon
and it'll fallback to icon
. The splash screens look at ios.splash
and fallback to splash
.
Asset generation for Safari PWA icons/splash screens will be individually skipped if any of the following fields exist in your web/index.html
:
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<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="180x180" href="..." />
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<link
rel="apple-touch-startup-image"
media="screen and (device-width: 320px) and (device-height: 568px) and (-webkit-device-pixel-ratio: 2) and (orientation: landscape)"
href="..."
/>
<link
rel="apple-touch-startup-image"
media="screen and (device-width: 320px) and (device-height: 568px) and (-webkit-device-pixel-ratio: 2) and (orientation: portrait)"
href="..."
/>
<link
rel="apple-touch-startup-image"
media="screen and (device-width: 414px) and (device-height: 896px) and (-webkit-device-pixel-ratio: 3) and (orientation: landscape)"
href="..."
/>
<link
rel="apple-touch-startup-image"
media="screen and (device-width: 414px) and (device-height: 896px) and (-webkit-device-pixel-ratio: 3) and (orientation: portrait)"
href="..."
/>
<link
rel="apple-touch-startup-image"
media="screen and (device-width: 414px) and (device-height: 896px) and (-webkit-device-pixel-ratio: 2) and (orientation: landscape)"
href="..."
/>
<link
rel="apple-touch-startup-image"
media="screen and (device-width: 414px) and (device-height: 896px) and (-webkit-device-pixel-ratio: 2) and (orientation: portrait)"
href="..."
/>
<link
rel="apple-touch-startup-image"
media="screen and (device-width: 375px) and (device-height: 812px) and (-webkit-device-pixel-ratio: 3) and (orientation: landscape)"
href="..."
/>
<link
rel="apple-touch-startup-image"
media="screen and (device-width: 375px) and (device-height: 812px) and (-webkit-device-pixel-ratio: 3) and (orientation: portrait)"
href="..."
/>
<link
rel="apple-touch-startup-image"
media="screen and (device-width: 414px) and (device-height: 736px) and (-webkit-device-pixel-ratio: 3) and (orientation: landscape)"
href="..."
/>
<link
rel="apple-touch-startup-image"
media="screen and (device-width: 414px) and (device-height: 736px) and (-webkit-device-pixel-ratio: 3) and (orientation: portrait)"
href="..."
/>
<link
rel="apple-touch-startup-image"
media="screen and (device-width: 375px) and (device-height: 667px) and (-webkit-device-pixel-ratio: 2) and (orientation: landscape)"
href="..."
/>
<link
rel="apple-touch-startup-image"
media="screen and (device-width: 375px) and (device-height: 667px) and (-webkit-device-pixel-ratio: 2) and (orientation: portrait)"
href="..."
/>
You may find that you want to include universal modules that aren't part of the default modules. You can do this by customizing the Webpack config:
const createExpoWebpackConfigAsync = require('@expo/webpack-config');
module.exports = async function (env, argv) {
const config = await createExpoWebpackConfigAsync(
{
...env,
babel: {
dangerouslyAddModulePathsToTranspile: [
// Ensure that all packages starting with @evanbacon are transpiled.
'@evanbacon',
],
},
},
argv
);
return config;
};
withUnimodules
If you're adding support to some other Webpack config like in Storybook or Gatsby you can use the same process to include custom modules:
const { withUnimodules } = require('@expo/webpack-config/addons');
module.exports = function () {
const someWebpackConfig = {
/* Your custom Webpack config */
};
// Add Expo support...
const configWithExpo = withUnimodules(someWebpackConfig, {
projectRoot: __dirname,
babel: {
dangerouslyAddModulePathsToTranspile: [
// Ensure that all packages starting with @evanbacon are transpiled.
'@evanbacon',
],
},
});
return configWithExpo;
};
This method should be used instead of using the expo.web.build.babel.include
field of the app.json
.
If you want to modify the babel loader further, you can retrieve it using the helper method getExpoBabelLoader
like this:
const createExpoWebpackConfigAsync = require('@expo/webpack-config');
const { getExpoBabelLoader } = require('@expo/webpack-config/utils');
module.exports = async function (env, argv) {
const config = await createExpoWebpackConfigAsync(env, argv);
const loader = getExpoBabelLoader(config);
if (loader) {
// Modify the loader...
}
return config;
};
Example of using service workers with Expo:
npx create-react-native-app -t with-workbox
This webpack config currently does not supply service workers by default, they can be added to the project locally: Adding Service Workers.
EXPO_WEBPACK_DEFINE_ENVIRONMENT_AS_KEYS
: Should the define plugin explicitly set environment variables likeprocess.env.FOO
instead of creating an object likeproces.env: { FOO }
. Defaults tofalse
. Next.js uses this to prevent overwriting injected environment variables.IMAGE_INLINE_SIZE_LIMIT
: By default, images smaller than 10,000 bytes are encoded as a data URI in base64 and inlined in the CSS or JS build artifact. Set this to control the size limit in bytes. Setting it to 0 will disable the inlining of images. This is only used in production.
For adding features to an existing Webpack config.
import { withOptimizations } from '@expo/webpack-config/addons';
Apply aliases to a Webpack config.
import { withAlias } from '@expo/webpack-config/addons';
import { withDevServer } from '@expo/webpack-config/addons';
import { withTypeScriptAsync } from '@expo/webpack-config/addons';
Getting the config, paths, mode, and various other settings in your environment.
import { getConfig } from '@expo/webpack-config/env';
import { getMode } from '@expo/webpack-config/env';
import { validateEnvironment } from '@expo/webpack-config/env';
import { getAliases } from '@expo/webpack-config/env';
import { getPaths } from '@expo/webpack-config/env';
import { getPathsAsync } from '@expo/webpack-config/env';
import { getServedPath } from '@expo/webpack-config/env';
import { getPublicPaths } from '@expo/webpack-config/env';
import { getProductionPath } from '@expo/webpack-config/env';
import { getAbsolute } from '@expo/webpack-config/env';
import { getModuleFileExtensions } from '@expo/webpack-config/env';
The module rules used to load various files.
import { imageLoaderRule } from '@expo/webpack-config/loaders';
This is needed for webpack to import static images in JavaScript files.
"url" loader works like "file" loader except that it embeds assets smaller than specified limit in bytes as data URLs to avoid requests.
A missing test
is equivalent to a match.
import { fallbackLoaderRule } from '@expo/webpack-config/loaders';
"file" loader makes sure those assets get served by WebpackDevServer.
When you import
an asset, you get its (virtual) filename.
In production, they would get copied to the build
folder.
This loader doesn't use a "test" so it will catch all modules
that fall through the other loaders.
import { styleLoaderRule } from '@expo/webpack-config/loaders';
Default CSS loader.
import /* */ '@expo/webpack-config/plugins';
Custom versions of Webpack Plugins that are optimized for use with native React runtimes.
import { ExpoDefinePlugin } from '@expo/webpack-config/plugins';
Required for expo-constants
https://docs.expo.dev/versions/latest/sdk/constants/.
This surfaces the app.json
(config) as an environment variable which is then parsed by expo-constants
.
import { ExpoHtmlWebpackPlugin } from '@expo/webpack-config/plugins';
Generates an index.html
file with the <script> injected.
import { ExpoInterpolateHtmlPlugin } from '@expo/webpack-config/plugins';
Add variables to the index.html
.
- Gzip compression: This was supported in beta but later removed in favor of hosting providers like Now and Netlify automatically compressing files in the server.
The Expo source code is made available under the MIT license. Some of the dependencies are licensed differently, with the BSD license, for example.