How to get Absolute path of a file in react-native?

Question

I am looking for a file picker in react-native which returns me Absolute Path of the file picked. I am currently using react-native-document-picker, but it gives me the rela

Answer 1

You may forget to request proper permissions for that like so (andriod only):

export async function requestStoragePermission() {

    if (Platform.OS !== "android") return true

    const pm1 = await PermissionsAndroid.check(PermissionsAndroid.PERMISSIONS.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE);
    const pm2 = await PermissionsAndroid.check(PermissionsAndroid.PERMISSIONS.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE);

    if (pm1 && pm2) return true

    const userResponse = await PermissionsAndroid.requestMultiple([
        PermissionsAndroid.PERMISSIONS.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE,
        PermissionsAndroid.PERMISSIONS.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
    ]);

    if (userResponse['android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE'] === 'granted' &&
        userResponse['android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE'] === 'granted') {
        return true
    } else {
        return false
    }
}