[pull] main from expo:main

.github/actions/detect-platform-change/action.yml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ inputs:
     description: 'Paths to ignore for all platforms'
     required: false
     default: >-
-      "!{**/*.md,**/LICENSE*,**/.gitignore,**/CHANGELOG*,**/.npmignore,**/.eslintrc*,**/.prettierrc*,**/.gitattributes,**/.watchmanconfig,**/.fingerprintignore}"
+      "!{**/*.md,**/LICENSE*,**/.gitignore,**/CHANGELOG*,**/.npmignore,**/.eslintrc*,**/.prettierrc*,**/.gitattributes,**/.watchmanconfig,**/.fingerprintignore,**/*.web.*}"
 
 outputs:
   should_run_android:

.github/workflows/brownfield.yml

@@ -275,10 +275,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: macos-15
     needs: analyze-changes
     if: needs.analyze-changes.outputs.compilation_test_ios == 'true' || needs.analyze-changes.outputs.all_tests == 'true'
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: true
-      matrix:
-        build-type: [debug, release]
     steps:
       - name: 👀 Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
@@ -302,10 +298,13 @@ jobs:
         run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile
       - name: 👷 Build Expo CLI
         run: yarn workspace @expo/cli prepare
-      - name: 🍏 Build iOS artifacts
+      - name: 🍏 Build iOS artifacts (Release)
         run: |
           npx expo prebuild --clean --platform ios
-          npx expo-brownfield build:ios --${{ matrix.build-type }} --verbose
+          npx expo-brownfield build:ios --release --verbose
+        working-directory: apps/brownfield-tester/expo-app
+      - name: 🍏 Build iOS artifacts (Debug)
+        run: npx expo-brownfield build:ios --debug --verbose
         working-directory: apps/brownfield-tester/expo-app
       - name: 🔔 Notify on Slack
         uses: ./.github/actions/slack-notify

.github/workflows/test-suite-brownfield-isolated.yml

@@ -46,13 +46,10 @@ jobs:
             "packages/expo-brownfield/src/**",
             "packages/expo-brownfield/e2e/maestro/**"
 
-  android-e2e:
+  android-build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     needs: detect-platform-for-e2e
     if: needs.detect-platform-for-e2e.outputs.should_run_android == 'true'
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        api-level: [36]
     env:
       ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_reactNativeArchitectures: x86_64
       GRADLE_OPTS: -Dorg.gradle.jvmargs="-Xmx4096m -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=4096m"
@@ -84,11 +81,46 @@ jobs:
           react-native-gradle-downloads: 'true'
       - name: 🧶 Install workspace node modules
         run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile
+      - name: 👷 Build Expo CLI
+        run: yarn workspace @expo/cli prepare
       - name: 🤖 Build and publish Android artifacts (apps/brownfield-tester/expo-app)
         run: |
           npx expo prebuild --clean -p android
           npx expo-brownfield build:android --repo MavenLocal --verbose
         working-directory: apps/brownfield-tester/expo-app
+      - name: 🏗️ Build APK
+        run: |
+          ./gradlew clean
+          ./gradlew assembleRelease --refresh-dependencies
+        working-directory: apps/brownfield-tester/android-integrated
+      - name: 💾 Store APK artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: expo-brownfield-android-release
+          path: apps/brownfield-tester/android-integrated/app/build/outputs/apk/release/app-release.apk
+
+  android-e2e:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    needs: android-build
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        api-level: [36]
+    steps:
+      - name: 👀 Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - name: 🧹 Cleanup GitHub Linux runner disk space
+        uses: ./.github/actions/cleanup-linux-disk-space
+      - name: 🏗️ Setup Bun
+        uses: oven-sh/setup-bun@v2
+        with:
+          # Version `1.x` fails due to https://github.com/oven-sh/setup-bun/issues/37
+          # TODO(cedric): swap `latest` back once the issue is resolved
+          bun-version: latest
+      - name: 🌠 Download builds
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: expo-brownfield-android-release
+          path: apps/brownfield-tester/android-integrated/apk
       - name: 🍺 Install Maestro
         run: |
           curl -Ls "https://get.maestro.mobile.dev" | bash
@@ -99,7 +131,7 @@ jobs:
           avd-api: ${{ matrix.api-level }}
           avd-name: avd-${{ matrix.api-level }}
           script: |
-            cd apps/brownfield-tester/android-integrated && ./gradlew clean && ./gradlew installRelease --refresh-dependencies
+            adb install -r apps/brownfield-tester/android-integrated/apk/*.apk
             cd packages/expo-brownfield/e2e && maestro test maestro/__tests__/android
       - name: 🔔 Notify on Slack
         uses: ./.github/actions/slack-notify

apps/expo-go/android/expoview/src/main/res/values/strings.xml

@@ -39,19 +39,6 @@
   <string name="persistent_notification_channel_group">Expo</string>
   <string name="persistent_notification_channel_name">Experience notifications</string>
   <string name="persistent_notification_channel_desc">Persistent notifications that provide debug info about open experiences</string>
-  <string name="devmenu_hide_element_inspector">Hide Element Inspector</string>
-  <string name="devmenu_show_element_inspector">Show Element Inspector</string>
-  <string name="devmenu_element_inspector_unavailable">Element Inspector Unavailable</string>
-  <string name="devmenu_open_js_debugger">Open JS Debugger</string>
-  <string name="devmenu_disable_fast_refresh">Disable Fast Refresh</string>
-  <string name="devmenu_enable_fast_refresh">Enable Fast Refresh</string>
-  <string name="devmenu_show_fab">Show developer action button</string>
-  <string name="devmenu_hide_fab">Hide developer action button</string>
-  <string name="devmenu_fast_refresh_unavailable">Fast Refresh Unavailable</string>
-  <string name="devmenu_fast_refresh_unavailable_details">Use the Reload button above to reload when in production mode. Switch back to development mode to use Fast Refresh.</string>
-  <string name="devmenu_hide_performance_monitor">Hide Performance Monitor</string>
-  <string name="devmenu_show_performance_monitor">Show Performance Monitor</string>
-  <string name="devmenu_performance_monitor_unavailable">Performance Monitor Unavailable</string>
   <string name="expo_splash_screen_resize_mode" translatable="false">contain</string>
   <string name="expo_splash_screen_status_bar_translucent" translatable="false">false</string>
   <string name="help_dialog">Make sure you are signed in to the same Expo account on your computer and this app. Also verify that your computer is connected to the internet, and ideally to the same Wi-Fi network as your mobile device. Lastly, ensure that you are using the latest version of Expo CLI. Pull to refresh to update.</string>

apps/expo-go/ios/Exponent/Versioned/Core/EXVersionManagerObjC.mm

@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ - (RCTDevSettings *) devSettings:(id)host {
   }
 
   items[@"dev-remote-debug"] = @{
-    @"label": @"Open JS Debugger",
+    @"label": @"Open DevTools",
     @"isEnabled": @YES
   };
 

apps/native-component-list/src/screens/Audio/AudioInputSelector.tsx

@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ import ListButton from '../../components/ListButton';
 
 type Props = {
   recorder?: AudioRecorder;
+  canRecord?: boolean;
 };
 
-function AudioInputSelector({ recorder }: Props) {
+function AudioInputSelector({ recorder, canRecord }: Props) {
   const [availableInputs, setAvailableInputs] = useState<RecordingInput[]>([]);
   const [currentInput, setCurrentInput] = useState<RecordingInput | null>(null);
 
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ function AudioInputSelector({ recorder }: Props) {
 
   useEffect(() => {
     checkInputs();
-  }, [checkInputs]);
+  }, [checkInputs, canRecord]);
 
   return (
     <View>

apps/native-component-list/src/screens/Audio/AudioPlayer.tsx

@@ -9,15 +9,21 @@ type AudioPlayerProps = {
   source: AudioSource | string | number;
   style?: StyleProp<ViewStyle>;
   downloadFirst?: boolean;
+  crossOrigin?: 'anonymous' | 'use-credentials';
 };
 
 const localSource = require('../../../assets/sounds/polonez.mp3');
 const remoteSource =
   'https://p.scdn.co/mp3-preview/f7a8ab9c5768009b65a30e9162555e8f21046f46?cid=162b7dc01f3a4a2ca32ed3cec83d1e02';
 
-export default function AudioPlayer({ source, style, downloadFirst = false }: AudioPlayerProps) {
+export default function AudioPlayer({
+  source,
+  style,
+  downloadFirst = false,
+  crossOrigin,
+}: AudioPlayerProps) {
   const [currentSource, setCurrentSource] = React.useState(source);
-  const player = useAudioPlayer(source, { downloadFirst });
+  const player = useAudioPlayer(source, { downloadFirst, crossOrigin });
   const status = useAudioPlayerStatus(player);
 
   const setVolume = (volume: number) => {

apps/native-component-list/src/screens/Audio/AudioPlayerScreen.tsx

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ export default function AudioScreen(props: any) {
             Auth: 'Bearer some-token',
           },
         }}
+        crossOrigin="anonymous"
         style={styles.player}
       />
       <HeadingText>Local asset player</HeadingText>

apps/native-component-list/src/screens/Audio/JsiAudioBar.tsx

@@ -42,7 +42,11 @@ export function JsiAudioBar({ player, isPlaying }: { player: AudioPlayer; isPlay
   });
 
   if (!player.isAudioSamplingSupported) {
-    return <Text style={styles.errorText}>Audio sampling is not supported on this platform</Text>;
+    return (
+      <Text style={styles.errorText}>
+        Audio sampling requires the crossOrigin option for cross-origin sources
+      </Text>
+    );
   }
 
   if (!isPlaying) {

apps/native-component-list/src/screens/Audio/Recorder.tsx

@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ export default function Recorder({ onDone, style }: RecorderProps) {
           {_formatTime(recorderState.durationMillis / 1000)}
         </Text>
       </View>
-      <AudioInputSelector recorder={audioRecorder} />
+      <AudioInputSelector recorder={audioRecorder} canRecord={recorderState.canRecord} />
       {maybeRenderErrorOverlay()}
     </View>
   );

docs/pages/debugging/tools.mdx

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ The Developer menu provides the following options:
 - **Go Home**: To leave your app and navigate back to the dev client's or Expo Go app's Home screen.
 - **Toggle performance monitor**: To view the performance information about your app.
 - **Toggle element inspector**: To enable or disable the element inspector overlay.
-- **Open JS debugger**: To open React Native DevTools which provides access to Console, Sources, Network (**Expo only**), Memory, Components, and Profiler, tabs for apps using Hermes. For more information, see the [Debugging with React Native DevTools](#debugging-with-react-native-devtools) section.
+- **Open DevTools** (formerly **Open JS debugger**): To open React Native DevTools which provides access to Console, Sources, Network (**Expo only**), Memory, Components, and Profiler, tabs for apps using Hermes. For more information, see the [Debugging with React Native DevTools](#debugging-with-react-native-devtools) section.
 - **Fast Refresh**: To toggle automatic refreshing of the JS bundle whenever you make changes to files in your project using a text editor.
 
 Now, let's explore some of these options in details.

docs/pages/guides/using-hermes.mdx

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Note that the Hermes bytecode format may change between different Hermes version
 
 ## JavaScript debugger
 
-To debug JavaScript code running with Hermes, you can start your project with `npx expo start` then press <kbd>j</kbd> to open the debugger in Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge. The developer menu of development builds and Expo Go also have the **Open JS Debugger** option to do the same.
+To debug JavaScript code running with Hermes, you can start your project with `npx expo start` then press <kbd>j</kbd> to open the debugger in Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge. The developer menu of development builds and Expo Go also have the **Open DevTools** (formerly **Open JS Debugger**) option to do the same.
 
 Alternatively, you can use the JavaScript inspector by opening [Google Chrome DevTools manually](https://reactnative.dev/docs/other-debugging-methods#remote-javascript-debugging-deprecated)
 

docs/scripts/generate-markdown-pages-utils.test.ts

@@ -1352,7 +1352,6 @@ describe('extractFrontmatter', () => {
       path.join(tmpDir, 'full.mdx'),
       [
         '---',
-        'modificationDate: July 08, 2025',
         'title: Camera',
         'description: A camera component.',
         "platforms: ['android', 'ios']",
@@ -1385,28 +1384,32 @@ describe('extractFrontmatter', () => {
     fs.rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
   });
 
-  it('extracts only modificationDate including delimiters', () => {
+  it('extracts full frontmatter including delimiters', () => {
     const result = extractFrontmatter(path.join(tmpDir, 'full.mdx'));
     expect(result).not.toBeNull();
-    expect(result).toContain('modificationDate: July 08, 2025');
-    expect(result).not.toContain('title: Camera');
-    expect(result).not.toContain('description: A camera component.');
-    expect(result).not.toContain('platforms:');
+    expect(result).toContain('title: Camera');
+    expect(result).toContain('description: A camera component.');
+    expect(result).toContain('platforms:');
     // Should include --- delimiters
     expect(result).toMatch(/^---\n/);
     expect(result).toMatch(/\n---\n$/);
     // Should NOT include content after frontmatter
     expect(result).not.toContain('import');
   });
 
-  it('returns null when frontmatter has no modificationDate', () => {
+  it('extracts minimal frontmatter', () => {
     const result = extractFrontmatter(path.join(tmpDir, 'minimal.mdx'));
-    expect(result).toBeNull();
+    expect(result).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(result).toContain('title: Minimal');
+    expect(result).not.toContain('# Minimal');
   });
 
-  it('returns null when modificationDate is empty', () => {
+  it('strips lines with empty values', () => {
     const result = extractFrontmatter(path.join(tmpDir, 'empty-values.mdx'));
-    expect(result).toBeNull();
+    expect(result).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(result).toContain('title: Camera');
+    expect(result).toContain('description: A camera.');
+    expect(result).not.toContain('modificationDate');
   });
 
   it('returns null when all frontmatter fields are empty', () => {

docs/scripts/generate-markdown-pages-utils.ts

@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ export function findMdxSource(htmlPath: string, outDir: string, pagesDir: string
 
 /**
  * Extract the raw YAML frontmatter block (including --- delimiters) from an MDX file.
- * Keeps only non-empty `modificationDate` and drops other frontmatter fields.
+ * Strips lines with empty values (e.g. `modificationDate:` injected by append-dates.js
+ * with no value in shallow CI clones).
  * Returns the frontmatter string with trailing newline, or null if no frontmatter found.
  */
 export function extractFrontmatter(mdxPath: string): string | null {
@@ -36,12 +37,12 @@ export function extractFrontmatter(mdxPath: string): string | null {
   }
   const filtered = match[1]
     .split('\n')
-    .filter(line => /^modificationDate:\s+\S/.test(line))
+    .filter(line => !/^\w+:\s*$/.test(line))
     .join('\n');
   if (!filtered.trim()) {
     return null;
   }
-  return '---\n' + filtered + '\n---\n';
+  return '---\n' + filtered + '---\n';
 }
 
 function createTurndownService(): TurndownService {

guides/releasing/Quality Assurance.md

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Unversioned QA: Test in native-component-list.
   - Reload manually, your change should appear
   - Make and save another change, reenable Fast Refresh, your change should show up automatically
 - Debug JS in-place
-  - Open JS debugger either pressing `j` or from the dev menu in Expo Go
+  - Open DevTools either pressing `j` or from the dev menu in Expo Go
   - Add a breakpoint (maybe add a button to your app), ensure the breakpoint works
   - Click Reload on the webpage, make sure it reloads the app
 - Other dev tools

packages/@expo/cli/e2e/__tests__/export/server.test.ts

@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ describe('server-output', () => {
     (server.isWorkerd ? it.skip : it)('supports runtime API', async () => {
       await expect(server.fetchAsync('/api/runtime').then((r) => r.json())).resolves.toEqual({
         environment: expect.stringMatching(/production|development/),
-        origin: 'null',
+        origin: expect.stringMatching(/^http/),
       });
     });
 

packages/expo-audio/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 
 - [iOS] Add support for `shouldRouteThroughEarpiece`. ([#43089](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/43089) by [@alanjhughes](https://github.com/alanjhughes))
 - [Android] Make it possible to add/remove the foreground service and foreground service permissions with a config plugin. ([#43014](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/43014) by [@behenate](https://github.com/behenate))
+- [Web] Add support for audio sampling. ([#43149](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/43149) by [@alanjhughes](https://github.com/alanjhughes))
+- [Web] Add support for media controls. ([#43150](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/43150) by [@alanjhughes](https://github.com/alanjhughes))
+- [Web] Add support for selecting recording inputs. ([#43151](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/43151) by [@alanjhughes](https://github.com/alanjhughes))
+- [Web] Add support for recording metering. ([#43152](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/43152) by [@alanjhughes](https://github.com/alanjhughes))
 
 ### 🐛 Bug fixes
 
@@ -17,6 +21,7 @@
 ### 💡 Others
 
 - [Android] Improve event handling. ([#43121](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/43121) by [@alanjhughes](https://github.com/alanjhughes))
+- [Android] Rework native audio service handling. ([#43015](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/43015) by [@behenate](https://github.com/behenate))
 
 ## 55.0.5 — 2026-02-08
 

packages/expo-audio/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/audio/AudioExceptions.kt

@@ -2,9 +2,24 @@ package expo.modules.audio
 
 import expo.modules.kotlin.exception.CodedException
 
+private const val defaultPlaybackServiceTip =
+  "Make sure that the expo-audio config plugin is properly configured with " +
+    "'enableBackgroundPlayback: true' to avoid issues with lock screen controls " +
+    "and background audio playback."
+
+private const val defaultRecordingServiceTip =
+  "Make sure that the expo-audio config plugin is properly configured with " +
+    "'enableBackgroundRecording: true' to avoid issues with background recording."
+
 internal class AudioPermissionsException :
   CodedException("RECORD_AUDIO permission has not been granted")
 
+internal class NotificationPermissionsException :
+  CodedException(
+    "POST_NOTIFICATIONS permission has not been granted. This permission is required when using background recording (allowsBackgroundRecording: true). " +
+      "Request notification permissions using AudioModule.requestNotificationPermissionsAsync() before calling prepareRecording()."
+  )
+
 internal class GetAudioInputNotSupportedException :
   CodedException("Getting current audio input is not supported on devices running Android version lower than Android 9.0")
 
@@ -22,3 +37,23 @@ internal class AudioRecorderPrepareException(cause: Throwable) :
 
 internal class AudioRecorderAlreadyPreparedException :
   CodedException("AudioRecorder has already been prepared. Stop or release the current session before preparing again.")
+
+internal fun getPlaybackServiceErrorMessage(
+  message: String?,
+  tip: String = defaultPlaybackServiceTip
+): String {
+  return (message ?: "expo-audio playback service error") + ". $tip"
+}
+
+internal fun getRecordingServiceErrorMessage(
+  message: String?,
+  tip: String = defaultRecordingServiceTip
+): String {
+  return (message ?: "expo-audio recording service error") + ". $tip"
+}
+
+internal class AudioRecordingServiceException(message: String?, cause: Throwable? = null) :
+  CodedException(getRecordingServiceErrorMessage(message), cause)
+
+internal class AudioPlaybackServiceException(message: String?, cause: Throwable? = null) :
+  CodedException(getPlaybackServiceErrorMessage(message), cause)