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Can I install Intercom on an Expo mobile app?

  • 25 October 2021
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I am looking information to integrate our app (built under expo) with Intercom. I really appreciate any information or documentation

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Best answer by User2539 5 December 2021, 02:13

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Eric Fitz
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Hey @jazmin j​, although I'm not familiar with Expo as a platform, my understanding is that it utilises React to build mobile apps. While I can't say that this will 100% effective (as Expo is not an officially supported platform), I'd imagine your team would be able to make use of our documentation on installing Intercom using React Native.

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No, you will need to eject your app, because you need to edit native code to be able to use the intercom. I did it recently.

A

@thyago​ @eric f11​ Is it achievable via Expo Config Plugins?

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Yes, this is already possible. There is an unofficial config plugin already for the official Intercom React Native library, here: https://github.com/cmaycumber/with-rn-intercom

 

A lot of unfinished work there though.

J

great, thanks for your replies. I will pass them through to our Devs.

J

Has there been any progress on this for react native sdk v6? The config plugin is not working with expo 49 and ios 17.

 

 

H

Hi, 

I’m also looking for such a solution. It doesn’t seem to work. I’m using Expo and I don’t want to eject. 

Adding Intercom on my app would be such a + for my users. Any info regarding this development ? 

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I was been able to integrate Intercom with Expo 50 by writing a custom mod-plugin. You can have a look on this repo. 
There is also a medium article you can find there where I explained the details of writing custom mod-plugins. 

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