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Document picker in ios:18

Monu Kashyap — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 13:16:12 +0000

import DocumentPicker from "react-native-document-picker";

const res = await DocumentPicker.pick({
type: [DocumentPicker.types.allFiles],
allowMultiSelection: false,
mode: 'import',
copyTo: 'documentDirectory',
});

use this code for document pic in Ios:18 if you are not able to pic the document in new architecture in Ios use this code.

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Monu Kashyap — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 06:06:43 +0000

Monu Kashyap

Jul 25 '25

ios :18 pic issue

#ios #documents

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ios :18 pic issue

Monu Kashyap — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 07:54:27 +0000

📂 React Native iOS 18 – Permission Issues When Accessing Selected Files (Audio, Images, Documents)

Hi React Native Devs 👋

I'm facing a critical issue when trying to select and access audio, image, or document files in my React Native app on iOS 18 (real device). The same code works fine on iOS 16 & 17.

📱 Environment:
React Native: [your version]

iOS: 18 (real device)

Packages used:

react-native-document-picker

react-native-image-crop-picker

react-native-fs

🧪 Use Case:
I let users pick:

Audio files (e.g., MP3)

Images (via camera or library)

Documents (PDFs, etc.)

Then I either upload the file or play/view it locally using the file uri.

File URIs returned (e.g., from DocumentPicker or ImageCropPicker) point to:

swift
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/private/var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/.../tmp/

I recived the path it is encoded i have decoded that but still it is showing that you don't have permission to view it.

please help if anybody know the answer .