How to Download File, Pause, Resume and Save to File System for Expo React Native Apps

Hi everyone!
Today I'm showing you how to download a file, pause, resume and save to your device's file system for Expo React Native Apps. We will use the following packages to achieve this:
expo-file-system: for downloading, pausing, resuming and saving to the file system for Android devices, using StorageAccessFramework
@react-native-async-storage/async-storage: for ensuring if we exit an app while a download is paused, we can resume the download from where we left off
expo-sharing: for saving the download to the devices files on iOS
My code for this is available on GitHub:
github.com/che...
And you can find full documentation here:
Expo Filesystem: docs.expo.dev/...
Expo Sharing: docs.expo.dev/...
Async Storage: react-native-a...
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[@skywickgaming2193]

Thanks for this. Its way easier following your tutorials than using the Expo documentation

[@MissCoding]

Thank you!

[@minusmarigold98]

thanks to you very very , that android saving file in shared storage was very helpfull for me

[@rajRaj-tc5gl]

thank you very very much!
i want to pause automatically when app goes to inactive without pausing, is it possible
what about when the app goes to background
i tries using rn-fetch-blob, resulted files where currupted

[@bigotes130]

thank you, your video was really helpful.
also noticed you changed the video link on your repo, i was having trouble with the one in the web you used in the video looks like it wasn't a me problem

[@moonirKhan]

Why need export file? is it possible to save direct local storage?

[@missaklefa7692]

Thank's 🎉🎉 for this tutorial. But how can i download a mp3 file then save on my devise and alose not allow other application access this mp3 file but give acccess only my application

[@MissCoding]

Hey, if you download then I believe it should be available to your application only unless you decide to export it. You would just need to access it using the file uri that you specify as an option when downloading. Effectively you can skip the export file aspect of the video!

[@missaklefa7692]

@@MissCoding ok thank's, i will try this solution

[@VladimirJanjic-bp6cu]

So you really waited 32nd min to add * 100 and remove mega super annoying percentage jumping text? 😮