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@amazon-devices/expo-file-system provides access to file system of the device. It is also capable of downloading and uploading files from network URLs.

Installation

  1. Add the JavaScript library dependency in the package.json file.
  2. Reinstall dependencies using npm install command.

Examples

The example below demonstrates how to write text to a file.
The example below demonstrates how to download or upload a file.

API reference

Check out the documentation page for info about this library, API reference and more Official Expo documentation for expo-file-system.

Constants

Methods

Supported URI schemes

In this table, you can see what type of URI can be handled by each method.

Implementation details

On Vega getTotalDiskCapacityAsync always returns 0. Additionally, the following classes are not supported on Vega:
  • DownloadResumable
  • FileSystemCancellableNetworkTask
  • UploadTask

Supported versions

Additional resources

For information on additional libraries, see Supported Third-Party Libraries and Services.
Last modified on September 30, 2025