clerk-expo now always requires installing expo-local-authentication

[the-simian]

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Description

Documention requires updating:

When using clerk-expo, you must now install expo-local-authentication or it will break on Android, even if you're not using expo-local-authentication

Android Bundling failed 23781ms node_modules/expo-router/entry.js (7369 modules)
Unable to resolve "expo-local-authentication" from "node_modules/@clerk/clerk-expo/dist/hooks/useLocalCredentials/useLocalCredentials.js"

This breaking change was introduced in eb7cfae
on PR: #3663

Link to the related docs page
https://clerk-docs-git-prettier-fixes.clerkpreview.com/quickstarts/expo

Installing expo-local-authentication fixes the issue. This was a breaking change introduced in #3663

Environment

System:
    OS: Linux 5.15 Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS 22.04.4 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)
    CPU: (32) x64 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-13900K
    Memory: 54.17 GB / 62.68 GB
    Container: Yes
    Shell: 5.8.1 - /usr/bin/zsh
  Binaries:
    Node: 22.4.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v22.4.0/bin/node
    npm: 10.8.1 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v22.4.0/bin/npm
    pnpm: 8.15.1 - ~/.local/share/pnpm/pnpm
    bun: 1.1.18 - ~/.bun/bin/bun

[panteliselef]

Hey @the-simian Try following the instructions in #3954 and use this snapshot for a quick fix

npm i @clerk/[email protected] --save-exact

[panteliselef]

@the-simian did the snapshot fixed the issue for you ?

[the-simian]

@panteliselef I installed the missing dependency to work past this for the time being, I've not tested the snapshot

[Gustavo-Kuze]

Hey @the-simian Try following the instructions in #3954 and use this snapshot for a quick fix

npm i @clerk/[email protected] --save-exact

I can confirm this snapshot fixes the issue.

[the-simian]

This seemed to also work for me, I'll use the snapshot for the time being

[LekoArts]

This has been fixed in @clerk/[email protected]