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I am trying to get watermelondb working in my expo project with sdk 45. I am using expo-dev-client and building with Expo Application Services (EAS). I have figured out that I need to install this plugin and that I need the to apply this patch to watermelondb to get it working with the latest expo sdk.

I have applied the patch in my own fork of watermelondb and have installed and setup the plugin. But I am confused by step 4 mentioned in the patch. The watermelondb patch says in step 4 that I need to add the following to ios/Podfile:

  pod 'React-jsi', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon/jsi', :modular_headers => true
  pod 'simdjson', path: '../node_modules/@nozbe/simdjson'

Where do I find this ios/Podfile? I can't seem to find it in my expo project. Or is this a file that I have to manually create? If so, what is the format of this file?

BruceHill
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In the android and ios folders is where the native code for both operating systems is located, they are available in "Bare Workflow" , you must eject from Expo Managed Workflow to Bare Workflow to get access to those folders. Workflow reference: https://docs.expo.dev/introduction/managed-vs-bare/

Franco Mendo
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    Thanks for this answer. I have since found out that you can get the iOS and android folders without ejecting using expo prebuild functionality. See here: https://docs.expo.dev/workflow/prebuild/ – BruceHill Sep 07 '22 at 10:29