Testing Expo push notifications in development builds without production APNs/FCM credentials

Push notification testing in development builds

Goal: verify that a development client built with expo-dev-client can receive a remote push notification via Expo’s push service without configuring production APNs or FCM credentials.

Constraints: iOS remote push requires a physical device, Android channel behavior may differ between Expo’s service and direct FCM, and push tokens are specific to the build type, so test tokens cannot be reused for production sends.

• Does the Expo push service replicate the exact payload handling and Android notification channel configuration of a production FCM/APNs integration?
• Can a push token obtained in a development build be used to validate remote push delivery without provisioning production credentials?
• Which SDK versions affect the reliability of remote push testing in development builds versus Expo Go?