react-native-fs: How to read local images (Get base64 of local file)

Question

I have local files in my app which I read like this:

How to read this file using R

Answer 1

Just using filename = response.uri.replace('file:', '')

The final code:

if (Platform.OS === 'ios') {
      filename = response.uri.replace('file:', '')
} else {
      filename = response.uri
}

Working now ...