Put JS files in react-native-web assets

Question

I'm working on a react-native web project using Expo's new web feature. I'd love to statically serve some OneSignal service worker files (OneSignalSDKUpdaterWorker.js and OneSignalSDKWorker.js). I placed both files in the /assets folder, but when I ran expo web:build they didn't show up. I expect that somewhere in the bundler, it is told to ignore JS files.

Is there a configuration that will allow me to get the bundler to transfer the JS files to the build so that I can statically serve them? I know I could manually add them to the dist folder, but that would be rather inelegant.

Answer 1

Here's how:

When exporting with npx expo export, the contents of the public directory are copied into the dist/ directory. It means your app can expect to fetch these assets relative to the host URL. The most common example of this is the public/favicon.ico which is used by websites to render the tab icon.

https://docs.expo.dev/guides/customizing-metro/#static-files