Expo reads text asset file
§ Install expo-asset and expo-file-system: npx expo install expo-asset expo-file-system § Add expo-asset plugin in app.config.js (or in app.json), if it has not been added by the previous step: plugins: [ + "expo-asset" ] § Install @expo/metro-config: npm install --save-dev @expo/metro-config § Create metro.config.js: const { getDefaultConfig } = require("expo/metro-config"); const config = getDefaultConfig(__dirname); +config.resolver.assetExts.push("txt"); module.exports = config; § Create or put a text file under /assets folder § Code: async function readTextAsset() { try { const nodeRequire = require("@/assets/filename.txt"); const asset = Asset.fromModule(nodeRequire); await asset.downloadAsync(); if (asset.localUri) { const fileContents = await readAsStringAsync(asset.localUri); // Do something with `fileContents` } } catch (error) { console.error(error); } }
§ Install expo-asset and expo-file-system:
npx expo install expo-asset expo-file-system
§ Add expo-asset plugin in app.config.js (or in app.json), if it has not been added by the previous step:
plugins: [
+ "expo-asset"
]
§ Install @expo/metro-config:
npm install --save-dev @expo/metro-config
§ Create metro.config.js:
const { getDefaultConfig } = require("expo/metro-config");
const config = getDefaultConfig(__dirname);
+config.resolver.assetExts.push("txt");
module.exports = config;
§ Create or put a text file under /assets folder
§ Code:
async function readTextAsset() {
try {
const nodeRequire = require("@/assets/filename.txt");
const asset = Asset.fromModule(nodeRequire);
await asset.downloadAsync();
if (asset.localUri) {
const fileContents = await readAsStringAsync(asset.localUri);
// Do something with `fileContents`
}
} catch (error) {
console.error(error);
}
}
