App Crashes After Replacing securestore with asyncstorage in Production Build

[eleliauk]

What happened?

I recently replaced SecureStore with AsyncStorage in my Expo app. The app runs fine on my simulator, but after building and installing the production version, it crashes on launch.
Here’s how I’m using AsyncStorage:

await AsyncStorage.setItem('course_table', JSON.stringify(courses));

Environment:
• Expo SDK Version: 51
• @react-native-async-storage/async-storage Version: 1.23.1

Version

1.23.1

What platforms are you seeing this issue on?

• Android
• iOS
• macOS
• Windows
• web

System Information

System:
  OS: macOS 15.1.1
  CPU: (11) arm64 Apple M3 Pro
  Memory: 204.55 MB / 18.00 GB
  Shell:
    version: "5.9"
    path: /bin/zsh
Binaries:
  Node:
    version: 22.11.0
    path: ~/.nvm/versions/node/v22.11.0/bin/node
  Yarn:
    version: 1.22.22
    path: /opt/homebrew/bin/yarn
  npm:
    version: 10.9.0
    path: ~/.nvm/versions/node/v22.11.0/bin/npm
  Watchman:
    version: 2024.12.02.00
    path: /opt/homebrew/bin/watchman
Managers:
  CocoaPods:
    version: 1.16.2
    path: /opt/homebrew/bin/pod
SDKs:
  iOS SDK:
    Platforms:
      - DriverKit 24.0
      - iOS 18.0
      - macOS 15.0
      - tvOS 18.0
      - visionOS 2.0
      - watchOS 11.0
  Android SDK: Not Found
IDEs:
  Android Studio: 2024.2 AI-242.23339.11.2421.12550806
  Xcode:
    version: 16.0/16A242d
    path: /usr/bin/xcodebuild
Languages:
  Java:
    version: 17.0.14
    path: /opt/homebrew/opt/openjdk@17/bin/javac
  Ruby:
    version: 2.6.10
    path: /usr/bin/ruby
npmPackages:
  "@react-native-community/cli": Not Found
  react:
    installed: 18.2.0
    wanted: 18.2.0
  react-native:
    installed: 0.74.5
    wanted: 0.74.5
  react-native-macos: Not Found
npmGlobalPackages:
  "*react-native*": Not Found
Android:
  hermesEnabled: true
  newArchEnabled: true
iOS:
  hermesEnabled: true
  newArchEnabled: true

Steps to Reproduce

1.	Replace SecureStore with AsyncStorage for storing course data.
2.	Run the app on a simulator – everything works fine.
3.	Build the app (eas build or expo build), install, and run it on a physical device.
4.	The app crashes immediately on launch.