"Cannot find native module 'ExpoAsset'" blank screen in Release builds

26-07-2026

if you encounter the error "Cannot find native module 'ExpoAsset'" in development enviroment but still build release succesfully and get blank screen after that. Your app's name may start with a digit.

if you encounter the error "Cannot find native module 'ExpoAsset'" in development enviroment but still build release succesfully and get blank screen after that. You cant find out what wrong until realizing your app's name may start with a digit. You are using expo 57.

You may want to take a look at this closed gh issue https://github.com/expo/expo/issues/47550. The workaround is that change your app name. If the user-visible name must start with a digit, use letter-first expo.name, plus ios.infoPlist.CFBundleDisplayName

"Cannot find native module 'ExpoAsset'" blank screen in Release builds | Duy Nguyen