rasck / with-android-visibility-manifest

Define your app's package visibiliy needs that is otherwise not possible on a managed expo app.

android-manifest-visibility

With this module you can define your app's package visibiliy needs that is otherwise not possible on a managed expo app. Package visibiliy is required on apps targeting Android 11+. You can read more about package visibility here.

Setup

Go to the plugin folder to develop on the plugin. Once you are ready to test your plugin you can setup the expo app in the app folder to use the plugin:

1. bump package.json in the plugin
2. go to the plugin folder in a terminal,
3. run yarn && yarn build && yarn pack.
4. refer to the packed version in the package.json in app. E.g. "android-manifest-visibility" : "../plugin/android-manifest-visibility-v.1.0.0.tgz"
5. setup the plugin in app.json in the app (see examples below)
6. build the apk from the app and test on your android phone. E.g. use yarn apk within the ./app path

Examples

It is possible to define package visibiliy for intents

{
  "expo": {
    "plugins": [
      [
        "android-manifest-visibility",
        {
           "packageVisibilityParams": [
                {
                    "type": "intent",
                    "name": "android.intent.action.VIEW",
                    "data": [{ "android:scheme": "geo" }]
                },
                {
                    "type": "intent",
                    "name": "android.intent.action.VIEW",
                    "data": [{ "android:scheme": "smsto" }]
                },
                {
                    "type": "intent",
                    "name": "android.intent.action.SENDTO",
                    "data": [{ "android:scheme": "mailto" }]
                },
                {
                    "type": "intent",
                    "name": "android.intent.action.DIAL"
                }
            ]
        }
      ]
    ]
  }
}

and other apps (packages)

{
  "expo": {
    "plugins": [
      [
        "android-manifest-visibility",
        {
           "packageVisibilityParams": [
                {
                    "type": "package",
                    "name": "com.some.other.app"
                },
              
            ]
        }
      ]
    ]
  }
}

Installation

This plugin should not be needed for bare apps, as you can just configure the android manifest directy.

Add the package to your dependencies using your prefered package manager

yarn add android-manifest-visibility

or

npm install android-manifest-visibility

Inspiration to work with expo config plugins can be found here:

• Examples
• Expo guildelines to develop a config plugin