@nx/expo/docs/prebuild-examples.md

The Expo Plugin for Nx contains executors and generators for managing and developing an expo application within your workspace. For example, you can directly build for different target platforms as well as generate projects and publish your code.

The `prebuild` command generates native code before a native app can compile.

`project.json`:

```json
{
  "name": "mobile",
  //...
  "targets": {
    //...
    "prebuild": {
      "executor": "@nx/expo:prebuild",
      "options": {}
    }
    //...
  }
}
```

```shell
nx run mobile:prebuild
```

## Examples

{% tabs %}
{% tab label="Generate Native Code for Different Platforms" %}
The `platform` option allows you to specify the platform to generate native code for (e.g. android, ios, all).

```json
    "prebuild": {
      "executor": "@nx/expo:prebuild",
      "options": {
        "platform": "android"
      }
    }
```

{% /tab %}
{% tab label="Regenerate Native Code" %}

The `clean` option allows you to delete the native folders and regenerate them before apply changes.

```json
    "prebuild": {
      "executor": "@nx/expo:prebuild",
      "options": {
        "clean": true
      }
    }
```

{% /tab %}
{% tab label="Install NPM Packages and CocoaPods" %}

The `install` option allows you to install NPM Packages and CocoaPods.

```json
    "prebuild": {
      "executor": "@nx/expo:prebuild",
      "options": {
        "install": true
      }
    }
```

{% /tab %}
{% /tabs %}

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