[cli] Warn user when trying to an iOS app in a incompatible device

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 
 ### 💡 Others
 
+- Add warning when trying to an iOS app in a incompatible device. ([#194](https://github.com/expo/orbit/pull/194) by [@gabrieldonadel](https://github.com/gabrieldonadel))
+
 ## 1.1.0 — 2024-03-06
 
 ### 🎉 New features

apps/cli/src/commands/InstallAndLaunchApp.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-import { Emulator, Simulator, extractAppFromLocalArchiveAsync, AppleDevice } from 'eas-shared';
+import {
+  Emulator,
+  Simulator,
+  extractAppFromLocalArchiveAsync,
+  AppleDevice,
+  detectIOSAppType,
+} from 'eas-shared';
 import { Platform } from 'common-types/build/cli-commands';
 
 import { getPlatformFromURI } from '../utils';
@@ -21,13 +27,26 @@ export async function installAndLaunchAppAsync(options: InstallAndLaunchAppAsync
 }
 
 async function installAndLaunchIOSAppAsync(appPath: string, deviceId: string) {
+  const appType = await detectIOSAppType(appPath);
+
   if (await Simulator.isSimulatorAsync(deviceId)) {
+    if (appType === 'device') {
+      throw new Error(
+        "iOS apps built to target physical devices can't be installed on simulators. Either use a physical device or generate a new simulator build."
+      );
+    }
+
     const bundleIdentifier = await Simulator.getAppBundleIdentifierAsync(appPath);
     await Simulator.installAppAsync(deviceId, appPath);
     await Simulator.launchAppAsync(deviceId, bundleIdentifier);
     return;
   }
 
+  if (appType === 'simulator') {
+    throw new Error(
+      "iOS simulator builds can't be installed on physical devices. Either use a simulator or generate an internal distribution build."
+    );
+  }
   const appId = await AppleDevice.getBundleIdentifierForBinaryAsync(appPath);
   await AppleDevice.installOnDeviceAsync({
     bundleIdentifier: appId,

packages/eas-shared/src/index.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import {
   AppPlatform,
   extractAppFromLocalArchiveAsync,
 } from './download';
-import { runAppOnIosSimulatorAsync, runAppOnAndroidEmulatorAsync } from './run';
+import { runAppOnIosSimulatorAsync, runAppOnAndroidEmulatorAsync, detectIOSAppType } from './run';
 import * as Emulator from './run/android/emulator';
 import { assertExecutablesExistAsync as validateAndroidSystemRequirementsAsync } from './run/android/systemRequirements';
 import AppleDevice from './run/ios/device';
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export {
   runAppOnAndroidEmulatorAsync,
   validateAndroidSystemRequirementsAsync,
   validateIOSSystemRequirementsAsync,
+  detectIOSAppType,
   Emulator,
   Simulator,
   AppleDevice,

packages/eas-shared/src/run/index.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import * as Simulator from './ios/simulator';
 import { validateSystemRequirementsAsync } from './ios/systemRequirements';
 import { assertExecutablesExistAsync } from './android/systemRequirements';
 import { getAptParametersAsync } from './android/aapt';
+export { detectIOSAppType } from './ios/inspectApp';
 
 export async function runAppOnIosSimulatorAsync(
   appPath: string,

packages/eas-shared/src/run/ios/inspectApp.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import path from 'path';
+import fs from 'fs-extra';
+
+import { parseBinaryPlistAsync } from '../../utils/parseBinaryPlistAsync';
+
+export async function detectIOSAppType(appPath: string): Promise<'device' | 'simulator'> {
+  const builtInfoPlistPath = path.join(appPath, 'Info.plist');
+  if (!fs.existsSync(builtInfoPlistPath)) {
+    return 'device';
+  }
+
+  const { DTPlatformName }: { DTPlatformName: string } =
+    await parseBinaryPlistAsync(builtInfoPlistPath);
+
+  return DTPlatformName.includes('simulator') ? 'simulator' : 'device';
+}