# expo-build-properties

> Config plugin to customize native build properties on prebuild

Latest version **57.0.21** (published 2026-09-18) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install expo-build-properties
pnpm add expo-build-properties
yarn add expo-build-properties
bun add expo-build-properties
```

## Health

**Score 80/100 (A)** — status: active.

Positive: has types; esm support; no vulnerabilities; recently updated; high maintenance score; high quality score; popular repo; extremely popular.

Warnings: low downloads.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 57.0.21 |
| Published | 2026-09-18 |
| First published | 2022-05-02 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | bundled |
| Module format | ESM + CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 3 |
| Unpacked size | 176.4 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 52207 |
| Author | 650 Industries, Inc. |
| Maintainers | ide, brentvatne, expoadmin, exponent, bycedric, kudochien, alanhughes, tsapeta, expo-bot, philpl, ccheever, wschurman |
| Keywords | react-native, expo, build, build-properties |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/expo-build-properties
- Repository: https://github.com/expo/expo
- Homepage: https://docs.expo.dev/versions/latest/sdk/build-properties
- Issues: https://github.com/expo/expo/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/expo-build-properties

## Dependencies (3)

- [semver](https://npm.io/package/semver.md) ^7.6.0
- [resolve-from](https://npm.io/package/resolve-from.md) ^5.0.0
- [@expo/schema-utils](https://npm.io/package/@expo/schema-utils.md) ^57.0.2

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## Recent versions

- 57.0.21 (latest) — 2026-09-18
- 58.0.3 (next) — 2026-09-16
- 58.0.0-canary-20260909-ea7a89a (canary) — 2026-09-09
- 56.0.27 (sdk-56) — 2026-08-28
- 55.0.18 (sdk-55) — 2026-08-25
- 56.0.16-canary-20260701-9100865 (canary-sdk-56) — 2026-07-01
- 55.0.10-canary-20260429-a5e59cf (canary-sdk-55) — 2026-04-29
- 0.13.3 (sdk-52) — 2025-05-09
- 0.12.1 (sdk-51) — 2024-05-06
- 0.11.1 (sdk-50) — 2024-02-01
- 57.0.20 — 2026-09-16
- 58.0.2 — 2026-09-15
- 57.0.19 — 2026-09-15
- 57.0.18 — 2026-09-15
- 58.0.1 — 2026-09-14
- … 259 more at https://npm.io/package/expo-build-properties/versions

## README

# expo-build-properties

**`expo-build-properties`** is a [config plugin](https://docs.expo.dev/config-plugins/introduction/) to customize native build properties when using [`npx expo prebuild`](https://docs.expo.dev/workflow/prebuild/).

## API documentation

- [Documentation for the latest stable release](https://docs.expo.dev/versions/latest/sdk/build-properties/)
- [Documentation for the main branch](https://docs.expo.dev/versions/unversioned/sdk/build-properties/)

### Installation

```
npx expo install expo-build-properties
```

Add plugin to `app.json`. For example:

```json
{
  "expo": {
    "plugins": [
      [
        "expo-build-properties",
        {
          "android": {
            "compileSdkVersion": 31,
            "targetSdkVersion": 31,
            "buildToolsVersion": "31.0.0"
          },
          "ios": {
            "deploymentTarget": "13.0"
          }
        }
      ]
    ]
  }
}
```

## Contributing

Contributions are very welcome! Please refer to guidelines described in the [contributing guide][https://github.com/expo/expo#contributing].

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