fix(boilerplate): remove unnecessary withSplashScreen plugin (#3004 by @frankcalise)

* fix(boilerplate): remove unnecessary withSplashScreen plugin

* chore: lint

* chore(boilerplate): add doc link around dynamic app config plugins

Author: frankcalise

boilerplate/app.config.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import { ExpoConfig, ConfigContext } from "@expo/config"
 
 /**
- * Use ts-node here so we can use TypeScript for our Config Plugins
- * and not have to compile them to JavaScript
+ * Use tsx/cjs here so we can use TypeScript for our Config Plugins
+ * and not have to compile them to JavaScript.
+ * 
+ * See https://docs.expo.dev/config-plugins/plugins/#add-typescript-support-and-convert-to-dynamic-app-config
  */
-require("ts-node/register")
+import "tsx/cjs"
 
 /**
  * @param config ExpoConfig coming from the static config app.json if it exists
@@ -34,6 +36,6 @@ module.exports = ({ config }: ConfigContext): Partial<ExpoConfig> => {
         ],
       },
     },
-    plugins: [...existingPlugins, require("./plugins/withSplashScreen").withSplashScreen],
+    plugins: [...existingPlugins],
   }
 }

boilerplate/package.json

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
     "reactotron-react-native": "^5.0.5",
     "reactotron-react-native-mmkv": "^0.2.6",
     "ts-jest": "^29.1.1",
-    "ts-node": "^10.9.2",
+    "tsx": "^4.20.3",
     "typescript": "~5.9.2"
   },
   "engines": {

boilerplate/plugins/withSplashScreen.ts

@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ your-project
 ├── ignite
 │   └── templates
 ├── ios
-├── plugins
-│   └── withSplashScreen.ts
 ├── test
 │   ├── i18n.test.ts
 │   ├── mockFile.ts