Access USB device

[zanzarone]

Hi, thanks for the nice work.
One question: is there a way to browse files stored on an external device connected trough USB cable to the phone?

[vonovak]

Hello, thanks for asking. Personally, I have no idea 🙂

[zanzarone]

Ok, thanks 🙂
I'm asking because if I use the android system app File, I can browse also the storage of my phone, and others locations like Images and Videos.(first screenshot)
The rn-document-picker show me only Download and Recent folder(second screenshot)
So I was thinking i'm missing some kind of permission from Android side.(iOS part works fine)
Can be one reason?

Screenshot 1

Screenshot 2

[vonovak]

hi! I believe the behavior is given by the android intent as seen here https://github.com/rnmods/react-native-document-picker/blob/e1000fd9a93ce3568b1d891917ceae064bed415a/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativedocumentpicker/DocumentPickerModule.java#L124

feel free to experiment with it and open a PR if you think the package should offer more configuration options here.

Thank you