I’m migrating an app from React Native to Expo 51. So far I’ve been using Expo Go to build and test the app, but now I am required to integrate Firebase Analytics into the app. The docs say this requires the use of ‘React Native Firebase’, which requires custom native code and cannot be used with Expo Go. One of the main reasons for the migration was to abandon Xcode and Android Studio, so I guess I will be using EAS. However, the EAS docs are not so clear to me.

If I start using EAS, will I be able to test the app without the iOS or Android simulator (XCode and Android) AND without having an Apple Developer account?

I understand I would be able to download the Build Artifact and run on my device (I have an iPhone), but it seems like I need the developer account for that.

I haven’t tried anything yet besides installing expo-dev-client and investigating.