Compatibility
What runs where, and when we checked.
Verified on iOS 26 and on Android 16 with Material 3 Expressive. iOS 27 support is in progress. Nothing below says verified without a recorded run behind it.
Compatibility by platform version
Use Xcode 26. Xcode 27 support is in progress: a project on Expo SDK 56 built with Xcode 27 crashes at launch on iOS 27, so stay on Xcode 26 until our exports move to Expo SDK 57 (expo 57.0.23 or later and expo-build-properties 57.0.20 or later) with ios.enableSceneSupport.
| Area | iOS 26Liquid Glass | iOS 27Liquid Glass, revised | Android 16Material 3 Expressive · API 36 | Android 17Material 3 Expressive · API 37 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App shell and navigationThe tab bar, headers, provider order and scroll insets every generated app is built on. | Verified 2026-09-26iPhone 17 / iOS 26.4 simulator | In progress | Verified 2026-09-26Pixel 8 / Android 16 (API 36) emulator | Not yet |
| ComponentsThe catalog components a screen is built from. | Verified 2026-09-26iPhone 17 / iOS 26.4 simulator | In progress | Verified 2026-09-26Pixel 8 / Android 16 (API 36) emulator | Not yet |
| Starter appsThe ten whole apps you can start from. | Verified 2026-09-26iPhone 17 / iOS 26.4 simulator | In progress | Verified 2026-09-26Pixel 8 / Android 16 (API 36) emulator | Not yet |
| Exported projectA generated project built outside this workspace, the way a customer builds it. | Verified 2026-09-26iPhone 17 / iOS 26.4 simulator | In progress | Verified 2026-09-26Pixel 8 / Android 16 (API 36) emulator | Not yet |
| WhyThe same reason on every row of that column. | An app on Expo SDK 56 built with Xcode 27 crashes at launch on iOS 27: the iOS 27 SDK requires the UIKit scene life cycle and SDK 56 cannot opt in. The fix is Expo SDK 57 with the expo package at 57.0.23 or later and expo-build-properties at 57.0.20 or later, setting ios.enableSceneSupport, which we are adopting. | Our apps target API 36, so Android 17 runs them under the old rules. That is expected, not checked: nobody has run the starter apps on an API 37 device. |
iOS 26 Liquid Glass
- App shell and navigation
- Verified 2026-09-26iPhone 17 / iOS 26.4 simulator
- Components
- Verified 2026-09-26iPhone 17 / iOS 26.4 simulator
- Starter apps
- Verified 2026-09-26iPhone 17 / iOS 26.4 simulator
- Exported project
- Verified 2026-09-26iPhone 17 / iOS 26.4 simulator
iOS 27 Liquid Glass, revised
- App shell and navigation
- In progress
- Components
- In progress
- Starter apps
- In progress
- Exported project
- In progress
An app on Expo SDK 56 built with Xcode 27 crashes at launch on iOS 27: the iOS 27 SDK requires the UIKit scene life cycle and SDK 56 cannot opt in. The fix is Expo SDK 57 with the expo package at 57.0.23 or later and expo-build-properties at 57.0.20 or later, setting ios.enableSceneSupport, which we are adopting.
Android 16 Material 3 Expressive · API 36
- App shell and navigation
- Verified 2026-09-26Pixel 8 / Android 16 (API 36) emulator
- Components
- Verified 2026-09-26Pixel 8 / Android 16 (API 36) emulator
- Starter apps
- Verified 2026-09-26Pixel 8 / Android 16 (API 36) emulator
- Exported project
- Verified 2026-09-26Pixel 8 / Android 16 (API 36) emulator
Android 17 Material 3 Expressive · API 37
- App shell and navigation
- Not yet
- Components
- Not yet
- Starter apps
- Not yet
- Exported project
- Not yet
Our apps target API 36, so Android 17 runs them under the old rules. That is expected, not checked: nobody has run the starter apps on an API 37 device.
Generated from our run records on . It changes when somebody runs something, not when somebody edits a page.
Reading the table
What each status means.
- Verified
- Built and run end to end on that version, on a device or simulator, and stamped with the date and the hardware.
- In progress
- Being worked on now. Do not ship on it yet.
- Not yet
- Not started. It moves to In progress before it can be verified.
Toolchain
What you build with.
- You need a Mac with Xcode 26 to build the iOS app. Android needs only the Android SDK.
- Xcode 27 support is in progress: a project on Expo SDK 56 built with Xcode 27 crashes at launch on iOS 27, so stay on Xcode 26 until our exports move to Expo SDK 57 (expo 57.0.23 or later and expo-build-properties 57.0.20 or later) with ios.enableSceneSupport.
- Android needs the Android SDK at API 36 and no Mac.
- Expo SDK 56 and React Native 0.85
- Expo Go cannot run the app, because several components use real native controls, so it needs a development build.
- The deployment targets are iOS 16.4 and Android 7 (API 24); only the versions above have been run