From 5fc093640018b6564ffca50143300aad767a04e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adi-Marian Mutu <39502043+AdiMarianMutu@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 10:30:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(expo): `expo-web-browser` is not installed as a
 dependency (#7752)

Co-authored-by: Alex Yang <himself65@outlook.com>
---
 packages/expo/src/client.ts | 22 +++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/expo/src/client.ts b/packages/expo/src/client.ts
index aaf9f29f89..09bcaba3c6 100644
--- a/packages/expo/src/client.ts
+++ b/packages/expo/src/client.ts
@@ -360,18 +360,22 @@ export const expoClient = (opts: ExpoClientOptions) => {
 								undefined;
 							try {
 								Browser = await import("expo-web-browser");
-							} catch (error) {
-								throw new Error(
-									'"expo-web-browser" is not installed as a dependency!',
-									{
-										cause: error,
-									},
-								);
+							} catch {
+								try {
+									Browser = require("expo-web-browser");
+								} catch (error) {
+									throw new Error(
+										'"expo-web-browser" is not installed as a dependency!',
+										{
+											cause: error,
+										},
+									);
+								}
 							}
 
 							if (Platform.OS === "android") {
 								try {
-									Browser.dismissAuthSession();
+									Browser!.dismissAuthSession();
 								} catch {}
 							}
 
@@ -387,7 +391,7 @@ export const expoClient = (opts: ExpoClientOptions) => {
 								params.append("oauthState", oauthStateValue);
 							}
 							const proxyURL = `${context.request.baseURL}/expo-authorization-proxy?${params.toString()}`;
-							const result = await Browser.openAuthSessionAsync(
+							const result = await Browser!.openAuthSessionAsync(
 								proxyURL,
 								to,
 								opts?.webBrowserOptions,