expo-chucker

An Expo wrapper for Chucker — an in-app HTTP(S) inspector for Android. Useful for network debugging without needing a proxy or desktop tools.

Android only. Chucker has no iOS equivalent, so this library does not support iOS.

How it works

Once installed and configured, expo-chucker automatically intercepts all HTTP(S) traffic made by your app via React Native's OkHttp client. Intercepted requests appear as Android notifications. Tap a notification to open the Chucker inspector UI.

No JavaScript API is exposed — the module initializes itself on app startup via Expo's autolinking.

Compatible Versions

expo-chucker	expo	chucker
1.4.1	53,54,55	4.2.0
1.4.0	53,54,55	4.2.0
1.3.0	52	4.1.0
0.1.5	51	4.0.0

New Architecture: expo-chucker 1.4.0 supports Expo SDK 55 which requires New Architecture (React Native 0.83).

Installation

npx expo install expo-chucker

Or with npm/yarn/pnpm:

npm install expo-chucker
# or
yarn add expo-chucker
# or
pnpm add expo-chucker

Setup

1. Add the config plugin

In your app.json or app.config.ts:

{
  "plugins": ["expo-chucker"]
}

2. Enable only for non-production builds (recommended)

// app.config.ts
export default {
  plugins: [
    [
      "expo-chucker",
      {
        enabled: process.env.APP_ENV !== "production",
      },
    ],
  ],
};

When enabled is false, the library-no-op variant of Chucker is used — zero overhead in production.

3. Prebuild

npx expo prebuild --clean

Run prebuild again whenever you change the plugin config.

Usage

Nothing to import. Once installed and prebuilt, Chucker intercepts all OkHttp traffic automatically. HTTP requests appear as Android notifications — tap to inspect request/response details.

Permissions

The config plugin automatically adds these Android permissions:

• POST_NOTIFICATIONS — required to show Chucker notifications
• WAKE_LOCK — required by Chucker's notification service

Development / Example App

# from repo root
pnpm install
pnpm build

# then in example/
cd example
pnpm install
pnpm prebuild --clean --no-install
pnpm android --no-build-cache

Contributing

Contributions are welcome. Please open an issue first for major changes.

See CHANGELOG.md for release history.