XDE Tour
Sign in screen
When you open XDE for the first time you'll be greeted by this sign in screen. If you have an account already, go ahead and sign in. If you don't, either sign in with Github or register an account.
Home screen
From this screen you can create a new project or open an existing one.
Project dialog
Click on Project and you'll see a list of thins you can do like create new project and open an existing project. Naturally you cannot close a project or show it in finder, etc, because you don't have one opened yet.
Sign out
At any time you can click on your username in the top right and sign out.
Project screen
The left pane is the React Packager, which you can learn more about in Up and Running and in How Expo Works. The right pane is for device logs, which you can read more about in Viewing Logs.
Share
Send a link to your app ti anybody with an internet connection. This is also useful for getting the link on your device if you don't have it connected to your computer.
Opening on a device
The device buttons lets you open your app on a device or simulator. Read more in Up and Running.
Development mode
You'll often want to work on your project in development mode. This makes it run a bit more slowly because it adds a lot of runtime validations of your code to warn you of potential problems, but it also gives you access to live reloading, hot reloading, remote debugging and the element inspector. Disable development Mode and reload your app if you want to test anything related to performance.
Project dialog (with project open)
With a project opened we give you access to a few shortcuts like showing the project directory in finder.
Publish
When you click Publish in XDE, you'll be asked to confirm that you want your project to be available to the public. XDE takes some time to generate your minified JS bundle and upload your Assets to our server, and once it's done, print out your app's published URL. You can read more details about how publishing works in How Expo Works and the Publishing guide.
