Migrating to v5

iOS

No breaking changes 😌

Android

v5 introduces a change to remove the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission from being automatically added to implementing apps.

This is motivated by the Android 11 system enforcing new restrictions on storage, and mandating the use of scoped storage. If this impacts you, you should read more here to make sure your app will still work on Android 11: Scoped Storage restrictions

Removal of WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission request

base64 file sharing requires the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission to be included in the AndroidManifest.xml file. As WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE is seen as a dangerous permission, it is now the responsibility of the implementing app to add this permission to their own AndroidManifest.xml file.

To do this, add:

<!-- required for react-native-share base64 sharing -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

to your application's AndroidManifest.xml file as per the example project.