for existed file 'content://' exists returns false

[code-by]

I have image file (obtained by using device camera) with following uri
content://media/external/images/media/331
using RNFS.exists.then returns false while file is exists.
how to fix this?

[baskan]

same here.

[itinance]

The "content://"-scheme is currently not supported. I suppose it is android related right?
We definitely should add support for it.

[baskan]

@itinance yes, in my case it was returning from react-native-image-picker (https://github.com/react-community/react-native-image-picker) on android.

[antsmo]

Also ran into this issue on Android when using react-native-document-picker (https://github.com/Elyx0/react-native-document-picker)

[jonathangreco]

Hi did you found any workaround waiting this feature ?

[llaine]

Any workaround on that one?

[jonathangreco]

@llaine Use RNFS.stat should do the trick.

[llaine]

@jonathangreco thank's for your answer. I'm actually trying to use copyFileAssets which throw me an error Error: Asset 'content://media/external/images/media/xx' could not be opened

[jonathangreco]

@itinance Hi, is this issue worth to be a top priority ? Because for as long as I recall, neither React-native-fs nor RNFetchBlob have a functionnal exist method for content:// or asset-library://

[jonathangreco]

@llaine In fact if you try to RNFS.stata medias in your content:// and it not exist, you'll be able to do your stuff in the catch

[llaine]

@jonathangreco The RNFS.stat is throwing the exception. Is there any way to use copyFileAssets on android ?

[jonathangreco]

@llaine of course it throws an exception. It's the whole point of this workaround. Catch it and do what you need to do :)