React Native FileDelete

A file-delete for deleting all file types in the ExternalStorageDirectory(Download, Images, Videos, Musique, etc..) of your Android device from react-native. Ex: html, pdf, jpeg, mp3, mp4, docx, etc..

Installation

npm install react-native-file-delete

Or

yarn add react-native-file-delete

Option 1: Automatic

react-native link react-native-file-delete

Option 2: Manual

Android

• Edit android/settings.gradle to included

include ':react-native-file-delete'
project(':react-native-file-delete').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir,'../node_modules/react-native-file-delete/android')

• Edit android/app/build.gradle file to include

dependencies {
  ....
  compile project(':react-native-file-delete')
}

• Edit MainApplication.java to include

// import the package
import com.filedelete.FileDeletePackage;

For Android 10 support you have to place the following line in your AndroidManifest.xml tag android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true"

<application
      android:name=".MainApplication"
      android:label="@string/app_name"
      android:icon="@mipmap/logo"
      android:roundIcon="@mipmap/logo"
      android:allowBackup="false"
      android:theme="@style/AppTheme"
      // ...
      android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true"> 
// ...
</application>

Usage

FileDelete module provide 03 functions :

• deleteFile For deleting files by filenames or fileSystemUris you can only use one parameter type. There are 03 ways to initialize your options as shown below.

  import { deleteFile } from 'react-native-file-delete';
  
  // ...
  
  // 1- By Default byNames is false, options contain only External File Uri
  let options = { 
      files: [ 'storage/emulated/0/Download/20180702_121938.pdf', 'storage/emulated/0/Download/10180702_121938.pdf' ]
  };
    
  // 2- byNames is false here, options contain External File Uri and byNames
  let options = { 
      files: [ 'storage/emulated/0/Download/20180702_121938.pdf', 'storage/emulated/0/Download/10180702_121938.pdf' ], 
      byNames: false 
  };
  
  // 3- byNames is true, options contain filenames and byNames
  let options = { 
      files: [ '20180702_121938.pdf', '10180702_121938.pdf' ], 
      byNames: true 
  };
  
  const deletedFileUris = await deleteFile(options);

• getContentUrisByNames To get the file uri content:// by filename Ex: From 20180702_121938.pdf To content://media/external/file/1000060588

  import { getContentUrisByNames } from 'react-native-file-delete';
  
  // ...
  let options = [ '20180702_121938.pdf', '10180702_121938.pdf' ];
  const uris = await getContentUrisByNames(options); 

• getContentUrisByFileSystemUris To get the file uri by external file directory uri so function return uri from file:// to content:// Ex: From file://storage/emulated/0/Download/20180702_121938.pdf To content://media/external/file/1000060588

  import { getContentUrisByFileSystemUris } from 'react-native-file-delete';
    
  // ...
  let options = [ 'storage/emulated/0/Download/20180702_121938.pdf', 'storage/emulated/0/Download/10180702_121938.pdf' ];
  const uris = await getContentUrisByFileSystemUris(options);

Contributing

See the contributing guide to learn how to contribute to the repository and the development workflow.

License

MIT

Made with create-react-native-library