Expo Support

[Carlwirkus]

Describe the functionality you would like to see

Are there plans to support expo? I'm looking at creating an expo app for my startup and i'd love to be able to offer square payments via the reader. However I see that due to the native linking that this will likely not be possible. I'm just learning about expo but it seams like this could be possible via the new native module api.

[CharmisG]

@Carlwirkus
Sorry but we don't officially support EXPO.

[danrivett]

Any update on this?

I would be really surprised if Expo isn't supported in 2024 given how much usage it has in the React Native space, and the developer resources available to a company as large as Square is.

Has anyone been able to integrate this plugin into Expo yet?

We were going to spike this out following Expo's guide on building a development build with this dependency, but #193 seems to indicate an Expo Config plugin is required, but that PR has been given no attention by Square over the last 14 months it's been open 😖

[timmyjose]

I'm also interested in seeing if expo support is possible? Specifically since we generate the android and ios directories with every build, so modifying the IOS code (for instance), is not really directly possible. An expo plugin would be ideal.

[hmirza1]

Any movement on this? 🥲

[GabrielSuttner]

React-native does not suggest developing without a framework like expo. In fact, they recommend using expo and only show documentation for building with expo, so can you please update your package to support expo? See https://reactnative.dev/docs/environment-setup.

[mgray88]

Until Square is willing to merge #193, I've extracted the functionality into a standalone plugin to make it easier to work with: https://github.com/TakeoutCentral/square-expo-plugin

Comments and contributions welcomed!

[spycedev]

Is it still not compatible? I does look like there is an example app, and I've just simply installed the plugin and my card entry form opens, but then immediately closes after, like the cancel callback was called. Any suggestions?

https://github.com/square/in-app-payments-react-native-plugin/tree/master/example-expo