how to save file from an iOS react native app to Files folder

Question

I created a pdf file in my react native app for iOS devices, and also I can open the file in my application because it saved in Documents directory of internal storage of my application, but I want to save the file to Files folder in iOS and open it with other applications, how can I do it? thank for your attention.

Answer 1

For IOS you should open share options and save the file to the Files folder. For this you can use 'react-native-share' library. If you are using Expo, use 'expo-share'. Please check below documentation.

https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native-sharing

https://docs.expo.dev/versions/latest/sdk/sharing/