a0.dev · Expo-plus-store extract
An a0.dev project is prompt-driven React Native/Expo code, an AI agent that edits in real time, Convex or Supabase backends, built-in APIs, and a one-click path toward App Store and Google Play. Migration is exporting or syncing that Expo tree into org Git, remapping backend and store credentials into CI, and proving device builds without the a0 agent. You keep the product behavior; you stop needing a0’s publish button to ship binaries.
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CodeCross LLC defines migrate-from-a0 as Expo/React Native extraction from a0.dev into a standard owned mobile deploy. Operators pull the generated project into an org remote, remap Convex/Supabase and store signing for a clean runner, and prove build → device install without a0. Done when binaries ship from that checkout alone—no agent session, no a0-only publish for production tracks.
Why a raw a0 preview fails on standard mobile CI
CI images lack preview chrome the agent hid. Auth schemes still point at a0 deep links. Native modules that only worked in IPA/APK testing never landed in the remote. Signing still lives inside Generate & Submit.
Secrets in chat, unpublished prompt experiments, and a0-only preview caches need an include-or-drop pass. The extract is source, Expo config, and a written Convex vs Supabase map.
Replace “works because the agent just ran it” with install, typecheck/test, and EAS build profiles. Fail if the app only bootstraps in a0’s preview shell.
If provisioning and Play signing keys never leave Generate & Submit, a platform outage blocks every hotfix. Move signing into org-controlled EAS credential stores.
Payments, push, camera, and biometrics need IPA/APK proof. Capture Expo SDK/runtime explicitly so OTA planning does not invent compatibility.
The extract sequence that actually boots
Product behavior stays. Generate & Submit GUI and preview assumptions leave. The destination is a conventional EAS profile from a named checkout.
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Leave agent transcripts and preview caches out. Capture deep-link schemes and payment product IDs so CI does not invent them.
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Pin Expo SDK in config. Encode agent assumptions as CI-tested packages—not chat archaeology.
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Never commit a0 panel dumps. Point Auth, push (FCM where used), and purchases at production projects on a native build.
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The destination ships from that checkout alone. a0-only publish is no longer required for production tracks.
How to
Expo-plus-store extract. Success is build → device install with no open a0 agent and no a0-only publish for production tracks.
Step 01
Take application source, Expo config, navigation and screens the agent generated, and a written map of Convex vs Supabase wiring. Leave agent message history (especially with secrets) and unpublished prompt experiments out.
Step 02
Pin Expo SDK and lockfiles. Replace “works because the agent just ran it” with install, typecheck/test, and EAS build profiles.
Step 03
Certificates, profiles, and Play keys go into org-controlled EAS/credential stores. Verify a clean CI upload to internal tracks.
Step 04
Mint new secrets. Update schemes that still point at a0 preview. Verify Auth and purchases on a native build—not only react-native-web.
Step 05
build → device install with the agent closed. Rotate old a0-visible secret values after cutover. Generate & Submit is then optional.
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CI/CD checklist
Owned pipeline the normalized a0.dev Expo extract is supposed to join.
Get off a0.dev
Release-plane exit if the extract is really a host disconnect.
Auth and data checklist
Backend spine after you leave a0-held Convex or Supabase.
App Store / Play ready
Signing after you leave a0 as the sole uploader.
Proof dashboard
Named charts and methodology for the headline numbers.
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Take application source, Expo config, navigation and screens the agent generated, and a written map of Convex vs Supabase wiring. Leave agent message history (especially with secrets), a0-only preview caches, and unpublished prompt experiments out of the remote unless explicitly needed. Capture env *names* the agent assumed so CI does not invent config.
Group agent-touched screens into clear packages, pin Expo SDK and dependency versions in lockfiles, and replace “works because the agent just ran it” steps with install, typecheck/test, and EAS build profiles. Fail the pipeline if the app only bootstraps inside an open a0 session. Encode agent assumptions as CI-tested modules—not chat archaeology.
If certificates, provisioning profiles, and Play signing keys only exist inside a0’s publish flow, a platform outage or account loss blocks every hotfix. Move signing into org-controlled EAS/credentials stores, verify a clean CI upload to internal tracks, then retire a0 as the sole uploader. Apple and Google developer accounts stay yours either way—ownership of the *pipeline* is the migration bar.
Missing backend env, Auth redirect schemes still pointing at a0 preview deep links, native config that assumed a0’s build chrome, and assets the agent never committed. Normalize app.json/eas.json, schemes, and secrets first; then push. A green a0 preview is not a portable Expo artifact.
Bring the Expo tree and the start command a0 assumed. We will say whether this is a portable mobile artifact — or an app that only boots while the agent session is open.
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