expo-router + expo-sqlite blank screen after Android build with no database error

Question

I'm using expo-router and expo-sqlite to build an Android app with Expo. The build finishes successfully using eas build, but when I install and run the app (APK) on an emulator, the app shows only a blank white screen. The same code works fine in development (expo start).

Here’s a summary of my setup:

SQLite DB is opened using:

import * as SQLite from 'expo-sqlite';
export const db = SQLite.openDatabase('pastme.db');

I use expo-router for routing.
My metro.config.js is set up with aliasing for @ as project root.
tsconfig.json includes:

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "paths": {
      "@/*": ["./*"]
    }
  }
}

My app.json includes the following plugins:

"plugins": [
  "expo-router",
  ["expo-splash-screen", { "image": "./assets/images/splash-icon.png", "resizeMode": "contain", "backgroundColor": "#ffffff" }],
  "expo-sqlite"
]

What I’ve tried:

Cleaned build cache with --clear-cache
Tried using expo-sqlite manually in a blank screen
Confirmed no crash logs
Made sure assets are bundled properly

Any idea why this is happening or what I may have missed?

Thanks in advance!

I am facing the same issue. The issue is very strange, the control doesn't even go into index.js for some reason. — FutureJJ
– FutureJJ, Commented May 8 at 9:59

Zeros-N-Ones · Accepted Answer · 2025-05-14 03:25:43Z

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I had the same issue in my app and solved it by adding the following in tsconfig.json.

"compilerOptions": {
    "strict": true,
    "paths": {
    },
    "types": ["expo", "expo-sqlite", "expo-file-system"]
  },

edited May 14 at 3:25

Zeros-N-Ones

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answered May 13 at 2:38

Javier Gracia

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