File Explorer Expo Dev Plugin

A DevTools plugin for managing and viewing the file system in Expo Go and Expo development projects.

Compatibility

Note:
This plugin requires the expo-file-system package to be installed in your project

• For Expo SDK 54 and newer, use the latest version of this plugin
• For Expo SDK 53, use version 2.*.*
• For Expo SDK 52, use version 1.*.*

Installation

Managed Expo Projects

Dev tools plugins documentation

Bare React Native Projects

Ensure you have installed and configured the expo package before proceeding.

Install the package with:

NPM

npm install file-explorer-expo-dev-plugin

Yarn

yarn add file-explorer-expo-dev-plugin

Usage

import { useFileExplorerDevTools } from 'file-explorer-expo-dev-plugin'

export default App() {
  useFileExplorerDevTools();
  return (/* rest of your app */)
}

After installing the dev tools plugin and adding the connecting required code to your project, you can start the dev server up with npx expo start. Then press shift + m to open the list of available dev tools plugins. Select the plugin you want to use, and it will open in a new Chrome window.

Example project: examples/example-file-explorer

Features

• Easily navigate and inspect the file system directly within Expo DevTools
• Perform file operations such as reading, writing, and deleting without extra setup
• Supports both Expo Go and Expo Dev Client for seamless integration
• Provides a lightweight and efficient way to test file storage during development

Motivation

This plugin was created to provide a simple tool for quickly opening and manually testing files and folders created in Expo projects. The goal was to avoid the need for additional utility implementations or external tools, making file system interactions more convenient.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please follow the standard contribution process, including forking the repository, making changes in a feature branch, and submitting a pull request.

Extra: Expo contributing guide

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.