expo-updates 56.0.10 → 56.0.12

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -10,6 +10,16 @@
 
 ### 💡 Others
 
+## 56.0.12 — 2026-05-15
+
+_This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._
+
+## 56.0.11 — 2026-05-13
+
+### 🐛 Bug fixes
+
+- [Android] Fix app restart when not using `ReactApplication` ([#45660](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/45660) by [@gabrieldonadel](https://github.com/gabrieldonadel))
+
 ## 56.0.10 — 2026-05-13
 
 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._

package/android/build.gradle

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ expoModule {
 }
 
 group = 'host.exp.exponent'
-version = '56.0.10'
+version = '56.0.12'
 
 // Utility method to derive boolean values from the environment or from Java properties,
 // and return them as strings to be used in BuildConfig fields
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ android {
   namespace "expo.modules.updates"
   defaultConfig {
     versionCode 31
-    versionName '56.0.10'
+    versionName '56.0.12'
     consumerProguardFiles("proguard-rules.pro")
     testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
 

package/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/updates/DisabledUpdatesController.kt

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import android.app.Activity
 import android.content.Context
 import android.net.Uri
 import android.os.Bundle
+import com.facebook.react.ReactHost
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContext
 import com.facebook.react.devsupport.interfaces.DevSupportManager
 import expo.modules.kotlin.exception.CodedException
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ class DisabledUpdatesController(
     get() = launcher?.bundleAssetName
   override val reloadScreenManager: ReloadScreenManager?
     get() = null
+  override var reactHost: WeakReference<ReactHost> = WeakReference(null)
 
   override fun onEventListenerStartObserving() {
     stateMachine.sendContextToJS()

package/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/updates/EnabledUpdatesController.kt

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import android.app.Activity
 import android.content.Context
 import android.net.Uri
 import android.os.Bundle
+import com.facebook.react.ReactHost
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContext
 import com.facebook.react.devsupport.interfaces.DevSupportManager
 import expo.modules.easclient.EASClientID
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ class EnabledUpdatesController(
   private val startupFinishedDeferred = CompletableDeferred<Unit>()
   private val startupFinishedMutex = Mutex()
   override val reloadScreenManager = ReloadScreenManager()
+  override var reactHost: WeakReference<ReactHost> = WeakReference(null)
 
   internal val stateChangeListenerMap: MutableMap<String, UpdatesStateChangeListener> = mutableMapOf()
 

package/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/updates/IUpdatesController.kt

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package expo.modules.updates
 
 import android.os.Bundle
+import com.facebook.react.ReactHost
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContext
 import com.facebook.react.devsupport.interfaces.DevSupportManager
 import expo.modules.updates.db.entity.AssetEntity
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ import expo.modules.updates.manifest.Update
 import expo.modules.updates.reloadscreen.ReloadScreenManager
 import expo.modules.updates.statemachine.UpdatesStateContext
 import java.io.File
+import java.lang.ref.WeakReference
 import java.util.Date
 import kotlin.time.Duration
 import kotlin.time.DurationUnit
@@ -35,6 +37,11 @@ interface IUpdatesController {
    */
   val bundleAssetName: String?
 
+  /**
+   * The current [ReactHost], populated automatically by `ReactNativeHostHandler.onDidCreateReactHost`.
+   */
+  var reactHost: WeakReference<ReactHost>
+
   val reloadScreenManager: ReloadScreenManager?
 
   /**

package/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/updates/UpdatesDevLauncherController.kt

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package expo.modules.updates
 import android.content.Context
 import android.net.Uri
 import android.os.Bundle
+import com.facebook.react.ReactHost
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContext
 import com.facebook.react.devsupport.interfaces.DevSupportManager
 import expo.modules.easclient.EASClientID
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ class UpdatesDevLauncherController(
     get() = throw Exception("IUpdatesController.bundleAssetName should not be called in dev client")
 
   override val reloadScreenManager = ReloadScreenManager()
+  override var reactHost: WeakReference<ReactHost> = WeakReference(null)
 
   override fun onEventListenerStartObserving() {
     // no-op for UpdatesDevLauncherController

package/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/updates/UpdatesPackage.kt

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
 import kotlinx.coroutines.withContext
+import java.lang.ref.WeakReference
 
 /**
  * Defines the internal and exported modules for expo-updates, as well as the auto-setup behavior in
@@ -38,6 +39,10 @@ class UpdatesPackage : Package {
         UpdatesController.initialize(context, useDeveloperSupport)
       }
 
+      override fun onDidCreateReactHost(context: Context, reactNativeHost: ReactHost) {
+        UpdatesController.instance.reactHost = WeakReference(reactNativeHost)
+      }
+
       override fun onDidCreateDevSupportManager(devSupportManager: DevSupportManager) {
         UpdatesController.instance.onDidCreateDevSupportManager(devSupportManager)
       }

package/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/updates/procedures/RecreateReactContextProcedure.kt

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package expo.modules.updates.procedures
 
 import android.app.Activity
 import android.content.Context
-import com.facebook.react.ReactApplication
 import expo.modules.updates.launcher.Launcher
 import expo.modules.updates.statemachine.UpdatesStateEvent
 import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ class RecreateReactContextProcedure(
   override val loggerTimerLabel = "timer-recreate-react-context"
 
   override suspend fun run(procedureContext: ProcedureContext) {
-    val reactApplication = context.applicationContext as? ReactApplication ?: run inner@{
+    val reactHost = resolveReactHostForRestart(context) ?: run inner@{
       callback.onFailure(Exception("Could not reload application. Ensure you have passed the correct instance of ReactApplication into UpdatesController.initialize()."))
       return
     }
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ class RecreateReactContextProcedure(
     callback.onSuccess()
     procedureScope.launch {
       withContext(Dispatchers.Main) {
-        reactApplication.restart(weakActivity?.get(), "Restart from RecreateReactContextProcedure")
+        reactHost.restart(weakActivity?.get(), "Restart from RecreateReactContextProcedure")
       }
     }
     procedureContext.resetStateAfterRestart()

package/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/updates/procedures/RelaunchProcedure.kt

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package expo.modules.updates.procedures
 
 import android.app.Activity
 import android.content.Context
-import com.facebook.react.ReactApplication
 import expo.modules.updates.UpdatesConfiguration
 import expo.modules.updates.db.DatabaseHolder
 import expo.modules.updates.db.Reaper
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ class RelaunchProcedure(
   override val loggerTimerLabel = "timer-relaunch"
 
   override suspend fun run(procedureContext: ProcedureContext) {
-    val reactApplication = context as? ReactApplication ?: run inner@{
+    val reactHost = resolveReactHostForRestart(context) ?: run inner@{
       callback.onFailure(Exception("Could not reload application. Ensure you have passed the correct instance of ReactApplication into UpdatesController.initialize()."))
       return
     }
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ class RelaunchProcedure(
     procedureScope.launch {
       withContext(Dispatchers.Main) {
         reloadScreenManager?.show(weakActivity?.get())
-        reactApplication.restart(weakActivity?.get(), "Restart from RelaunchProcedure")
+        reactHost.restart(weakActivity?.get(), "Restart from RelaunchProcedure")
       }
     }
 

package/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/updates/procedures/RestartReactAppExtensions.kt

@@ -1,20 +1,33 @@
 package expo.modules.updates.procedures
 
 import android.app.Activity
+import android.content.Context
 import com.facebook.react.ReactApplication
+import com.facebook.react.ReactHost
 import com.facebook.react.common.LifecycleState
+import expo.modules.updates.UpdatesController
 
 /**
- * An extension for [ReactApplication] to restart the app
+ * Resolve a [ReactHost] to reload, in order of preference:
+ *   1. `(context.applicationContext as? ReactApplication)?.reactHost`, works for every app
+ *       whose host `Application` implements [ReactApplication].
+ *   2. [UpdatesController.instance].reactHost, populated by the expo-modules-core
+ *      `onDidCreateReactHost` lifecycle callback for brownfield consumers whose `Application`
+ *      does not implement [ReactApplication].
+ */
+internal fun resolveReactHostForRestart(context: Context): ReactHost? =
+  (context.applicationContext as? ReactApplication)?.reactHost
+    ?: UpdatesController.instance.reactHost.get()
+
+/**
+ * An extension for [ReactHost] to restart the app
  *
  * @param activity For bridgeless mode if the ReactHost is destroyed, we need an Activity to resume it.
  * @param reason The restart reason. Only used on bridgeless mode.
  */
-internal fun ReactApplication.restart(activity: Activity?, reason: String) {
-  val reactHost = this.reactHost
-  check(reactHost != null)
-  if (reactHost.lifecycleState != LifecycleState.RESUMED && activity != null) {
-    reactHost.onHostResume(activity)
+internal fun ReactHost.restart(activity: Activity?, reason: String) {
+  if (lifecycleState != LifecycleState.RESUMED && activity != null) {
+    onHostResume(activity)
   }
-  reactHost.reload(reason)
+  reload(reason)
 }

package/cli/src/resolveRuntimeVersion.ts

@@ -40,9 +40,8 @@ Resolve expo-updates runtime version
     );
   }
 
-  const { resolveRuntimeVersionAsync } = await import(
-    '../../utils/build/resolveRuntimeVersionAsync.js'
-  );
+  const { resolveRuntimeVersionAsync } =
+    await import('../../utils/build/resolveRuntimeVersionAsync.js');
 
   const platform = requireArg(args, '--platform');
   if (!['ios', 'android'].includes(platform)) {

package/cli/tsconfig.tsbuildinfo

@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"root":["./src/assetsverify.ts","./src/assetsverifyasync.ts","./src/assetsverifytypes.ts","./src/cli.ts","./src/configurecodesigning.ts","./src/configurecodesigningasync.ts","./src/generatecodesigning.ts","./src/generatecodesigningasync.ts","./src/generatefingerprint.ts","./src/resolveruntimeversion.ts","./src/syncconfigurationtonative.ts","./src/syncconfigurationtonativeasync.ts","./src/utils/args.ts","./src/utils/dir.ts","./src/utils/errors.ts","./src/utils/log.ts","./src/utils/modifyconfigasync.ts","./src/utils/withconsoledisabledasync.ts"],"version":"5.9.2"}
+{"root":["./src/assetsverify.ts","./src/assetsverifyasync.ts","./src/assetsverifytypes.ts","./src/cli.ts","./src/configurecodesigning.ts","./src/configurecodesigningasync.ts","./src/generatecodesigning.ts","./src/generatecodesigningasync.ts","./src/generatefingerprint.ts","./src/resolveruntimeversion.ts","./src/syncconfigurationtonative.ts","./src/syncconfigurationtonativeasync.ts","./src/utils/args.ts","./src/utils/dir.ts","./src/utils/errors.ts","./src/utils/log.ts","./src/utils/modifyconfigasync.ts","./src/utils/withconsoledisabledasync.ts"],"version":"5.9.3"}

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "expo-updates",
-  "version": "56.0.10",
+  "version": "56.0.12",
   "description": "Fetches and manages remotely-hosted assets and updates to your app's JS bundle.",
   "main": "build/index.js",
   "types": "build/index.d.ts",
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@
     "picomatch": "^4.0.4",
     "ts-node": "^10.9.2",
     "xstate": "^4.37.2",
-    "@expo/metro-config": "56.0.7",
-    "expo-dev-client": "56.0.9",
+    "expo": "56.0.0-preview.12",
     "expo-module-scripts": "56.0.2",
-    "expo": "56.0.0-preview.10"
+    "@expo/metro-config": "56.0.9",
+    "expo-dev-client": "56.0.11"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "expo": "*",
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
       "./scripts/with-node.sh"
     ]
   },
-  "gitHead": "e968cd9d3ba5e2d59fd91230e10ff69b4d03e799",
+  "gitHead": "f26be3dd9396bf7c399a1d607865d0fabdbc0d64",
   "scripts": {
     "build": "expo-module build",
     "clean": "expo-module clean",

package/plugin/tsconfig.tsbuildinfo

@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"root":["./src/withupdates.ts"],"version":"5.9.2"}
+{"root":["./src/index.ts","./src/withupdates.ts"],"version":"5.9.3"}

package/utils/tsconfig.tsbuildinfo

@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"root":["./src/createfingerprintasync.ts","./src/createfingerprintforbuildasync.ts","./src/createmanifestforbuildasync.ts","./src/createupdatesresources.ts","./src/filterplatformassetscales.ts","./src/findupprojectroot.ts","./src/resolveruntimeversionasync.ts","./src/vcs.ts","./src/workflow.ts"],"version":"5.9.2"}
+{"root":["./src/createfingerprintasync.ts","./src/createfingerprintforbuildasync.ts","./src/createmanifestforbuildasync.ts","./src/createupdatesresources.ts","./src/filterplatformassetscales.ts","./src/findupprojectroot.ts","./src/resolveruntimeversionasync.ts","./src/vcs.ts","./src/workflow.ts"],"version":"5.9.3"}