diff --git a/example/src/TestScreen.tsx b/example/src/TestScreen.tsx
index f8eded84..c5eb979c 100644
--- a/example/src/TestScreen.tsx
+++ b/example/src/TestScreen.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
 import { View, Text, Button, ScrollView } from 'react-native'
 
 import { clientTests } from './tests/clientTests'
+import { contentTypeTests } from './tests/contentTypeTests'
 import { conversationTests } from './tests/conversationTests'
 import { dmTests } from './tests/dmTests'
 import { groupPerformanceTests } from './tests/groupPerformanceTests'
@@ -10,7 +11,6 @@ import { groupPermissionsTests } from './tests/groupPermissionsTests'
 import { groupTests } from './tests/groupTests'
 import { restartStreamTests } from './tests/restartStreamsTests'
 import { Test } from './tests/test-utils'
-
 type Result = 'waiting' | 'running' | 'success' | 'failure' | 'error'
 
 function TestView({
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ export enum TestCategory {
   restartStreans = 'restartStreams',
   groupPermissions = 'groupPermissions',
   groupPerformance = 'groupPerformance',
+  contentType = 'contentType',
 }
 
 export default function TestScreen(): JSX.Element {
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ export default function TestScreen(): JSX.Element {
     ...conversationTests,
     ...restartStreamTests,
     ...groupPermissionsTests,
+    ...contentTypeTests,
   ]
   let activeTests, title
   switch (params.testSelection) {
@@ -164,6 +166,10 @@ export default function TestScreen(): JSX.Element {
       activeTests = groupPerformanceTests
       title = 'Group Performance Unit Tests'
       break
+    case TestCategory.contentType:
+      activeTests = contentTypeTests
+      title = 'Content Type Unit Tests'
+      break
   }
 
   return (
diff --git a/example/src/tests/contentTypeTests.ts b/example/src/tests/contentTypeTests.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0df03aa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/src/tests/contentTypeTests.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+import ReactNativeBlobUtil from 'react-native-blob-util'
+
+import { Test, createClients, delayToPropogate } from './test-utils'
+import { RemoteAttachmentContent } from '../../../src/index'
+const { fs } = ReactNativeBlobUtil
+
+export const contentTypeTests: Test[] = []
+let counter = 1
+function test(name: string, perform: () => Promise<boolean>) {
+  contentTypeTests.push({
+    name: String(counter++) + '. ' + name,
+    run: perform,
+  })
+}
+
+test('remote attachments should work', async () => {
+  const [alix, bo] = await createClients(2)
+  const convo = await alix.conversations.newConversation(bo.address)
+
+  // Alice is sending Bob a file from her phone.
+  const filename = `${Date.now()}.txt`
+  const file = `${fs.dirs.CacheDir}/${filename}`
+  await fs.writeFile(file, 'hello world', 'utf8')
+  const { encryptedLocalFileUri, metadata } = await alix.encryptAttachment({
+    fileUri: `file://${file}`,
+    mimeType: 'text/plain',
+  })
+
+  const encryptedFile = encryptedLocalFileUri.slice('file://'.length)
+  const originalContent = await fs.readFile(file, 'base64')
+  const encryptedContent = await fs.readFile(encryptedFile, 'base64')
+  if (encryptedContent === originalContent) {
+    throw new Error('encrypted file should not match original')
+  }
+
+  // This is where the app will upload the encrypted file to a remote server and generate a URL.
+  //   let url = await uploadFile(encryptedLocalFileUri);
+  const url = 'https://example.com/123'
+
+  // Together with the metadata, we send the URL as a remoteAttachment message to the conversation.
+  await convo.send({
+    remoteAttachment: {
+      ...metadata,
+      scheme: 'https://',
+      url,
+    },
+  })
+  await delayToPropogate()
+
+  // Now we should see the remote attachment message.
+  const messages = await convo.messages()
+  if (messages.length !== 1) {
+    throw new Error('Expected 1 message')
+  }
+  const message = messages[0]
+
+  if (message.contentTypeId !== 'xmtp.org/remoteStaticAttachment:1.0') {
+    throw new Error('Expected correctly formatted typeId')
+  }
+  if (!message.content()) {
+    throw new Error('Expected remoteAttachment')
+  }
+  if (
+    (message.content() as RemoteAttachmentContent).url !==
+    'https://example.com/123'
+  ) {
+    throw new Error('Expected url to match')
+  }
+
+  // This is where the app prompts the user to download the encrypted file from `url`.
+  // TODO: let downloadedFile = await downloadFile(url);
+  // But to simplify this test, we're just going to copy
+  // the previously encrypted file and pretend that we just downloaded it.
+  const downloadedFileUri = `file://${fs.dirs.CacheDir}/${Date.now()}.bin`
+  await fs.cp(
+    new URL(encryptedLocalFileUri).pathname,
+    new URL(downloadedFileUri).pathname
+  )
+
+  // Now we can decrypt the downloaded file using the message metadata.
+  const attached = await alix.decryptAttachment({
+    encryptedLocalFileUri: downloadedFileUri,
+    metadata: message.content() as RemoteAttachmentContent,
+  })
+  if (attached.mimeType !== 'text/plain') {
+    throw new Error('Expected mimeType to match')
+  }
+  if (attached.filename !== filename) {
+    throw new Error(`Expected ${attached.filename} to equal ${filename}`)
+  }
+  const text = await fs.readFile(new URL(attached.fileUri).pathname, 'utf8')
+  if (text !== 'hello world') {
+    throw new Error('Expected text to match')
+  }
+  return true
+})
diff --git a/example/src/tests/test-utils.ts b/example/src/tests/test-utils.ts
index d920f0aa..ce0f53f8 100644
--- a/example/src/tests/test-utils.ts
+++ b/example/src/tests/test-utils.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 import { Platform } from 'expo-modules-core'
-import { Client, GroupUpdatedCodec, Group } from 'xmtp-react-native-sdk'
+import {
+  Client,
+  GroupUpdatedCodec,
+  Group,
+  RemoteAttachmentCodec,
+} from 'xmtp-react-native-sdk'
 
 export type Test = {
   name: string
@@ -34,6 +39,7 @@ export async function createClients(numClients: number): Promise<Client[]> {
       dbEncryptionKey: keyBytes,
     })
     client.register(new GroupUpdatedCodec())
+    client.register(new RemoteAttachmentCodec())
     clients.push(client)
   }
   return clients