From 02a65059b94a63cdadbadbae9fdeb7e85f71e5bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fredrik Burmester <fredrik.burmester@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 08:37:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(tv): set tv env

---
 app.json                  |  1 +
 plugins/withTVXcodeEnv.js | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 48 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 plugins/withTVXcodeEnv.js

diff --git a/app.json b/app.json
index 0c7690ee..668c6163 100644
--- a/app.json
+++ b/app.json
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@
       ["./plugins/withTrustLocalCerts.js"],
       ["./plugins/withGradleProperties.js"],
       ["./plugins/withTVOSAppIcon.js"],
+      ["./plugins/withTVXcodeEnv.js"],
       [
         "./plugins/withGitPod.js",
         {
diff --git a/plugins/withTVXcodeEnv.js b/plugins/withTVXcodeEnv.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ccdbc842
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/withTVXcodeEnv.js
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+const { withDangerousMod } = require("@expo/config-plugins");
+const fs = require("node:fs");
+const path = require("node:path");
+
+/**
+ * Expo config plugin that adds EXPO_TV=1 to .xcode.env.local for TV builds.
+ *
+ * This ensures that when building directly from Xcode (without using `bun run ios:tv`),
+ * Metro bundler knows it's a TV build and properly excludes unsupported modules
+ * like react-native-track-player.
+ */
+const withTVXcodeEnv = (config) => {
+  // Only apply for TV builds
+  if (process.env.EXPO_TV !== "1") {
+    return config;
+  }
+
+  return withDangerousMod(config, [
+    "ios",
+    async (config) => {
+      const iosPath = path.join(config.modRequest.projectRoot, "ios");
+      const xcodeEnvLocalPath = path.join(iosPath, ".xcode.env.local");
+
+      // Read existing content or start fresh
+      let content = "";
+      if (fs.existsSync(xcodeEnvLocalPath)) {
+        content = fs.readFileSync(xcodeEnvLocalPath, "utf-8");
+      }
+
+      // Add EXPO_TV=1 if not already present
+      const expoTvExport = "export EXPO_TV=1";
+      if (!content.includes(expoTvExport)) {
+        // Ensure we have a newline at the end before adding
+        if (content.length > 0 && !content.endsWith("\n")) {
+          content += "\n";
+        }
+        content += `${expoTvExport}\n`;
+        fs.writeFileSync(xcodeEnvLocalPath, content);
+        console.log("[withTVXcodeEnv] Added EXPO_TV=1 to .xcode.env.local");
+      }
+
+      return config;
+    },
+  ]);
+};
+
+module.exports = withTVXcodeEnv;