Permission Denial Error when trying to upload file picked from ExternalStorageDirectoryPath to fireStore storage

I’m trying to upload a .xlsx file to firestore storage ,I’m using react-native-document-picker to pick the file from ExternalStorageDirectoryPath so when just log the files uri I don’t get the error but as soon as try to upload the file it throws the error .
relevant code :

 const uploadFile=async ()=>{
        try {
          
            const res = await DocumentPicker.pick({
                type: [DocumentPicker.types.allFiles],
            });
            console.log(res.uri) //<-----works fine

            //this is what iscausing the error apparently 
            const task =  Storage().ref('catalogue/'+ res.name).putFile(res.uri);
            task.on('state_changed', 
                sn =>{},
                err=>console.log(err),
                () => {
                   console.log('excel uploaded!'+res.name)
                   Storage()
                   .ref("catalogue").child(res.name).getDownloadURL()
                   .then(url => {
                     console.log('uploaded excel url', url);
                   }).catch(err=>console.log(err))
               }
            )
            await task 
             
           
          } catch (err) {
            if (DocumentPicker.isCancel(err)) {
              // User cancelled the picker, exit any dialogs or menus and move on
            } else {
              throw err;
            }
        }
    }

` I already included the required permissions in my AndroidManifest.xml file and rebuilt the project , although From what I’ve read, MANAGE_DOCUMENTS is a “signature” permission and cannot be added to the manifest.xml or granted by the react native android permission API. <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.MANAGE_DOCUMENTS"/> the Error I’m getting :

Permission Denial: reading com.android.externalStorageProvider uri content://com… requires android.permission.MANAGE_DOCUMENTS, or grantUriPermission()

[victorrik]

exist another post about this, recently i found this packages as alternative to rn-fetch-blob

https://github.com/flyerhq/react-native-android-uri-path

it works for me

[vonovak]

hello @Saidfatah

its really annoying that we have to deal with this

you’re more than welcome to investigate this and open a PR with a fix, it’ll be appreciated, thank you