# expo-document-picker

> Provides access to the system's UI for selecting documents from the available providers on the user's device.

Latest version **57.0.2** (published 2026-09-11) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install expo-document-picker
pnpm add expo-document-picker
yarn add expo-document-picker
bun add expo-document-picker
```

## Health

**Score 75/100 (B)** — status: active.

Positive: has types; no vulnerabilities; recently updated; high maintenance score; high quality score; popular repo; extremely popular.

Warnings: low downloads; no esm support.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 57.0.2 |
| Published | 2026-09-11 |
| First published | 2019-02-27 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | bundled |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 0 |
| Unpacked size | 116.9 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 52337 |
| Author | 650 Industries, Inc. |
| Maintainers | ide, brentvatne, expoadmin, exponent, bycedric, kudochien, alanhughes, tsapeta, expo-bot, philpl, ccheever, wschurman |
| Keywords | react-native, expo, expo-document-picker, document-picker |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/expo-document-picker
- Repository: https://github.com/expo/expo
- Homepage: https://docs.expo.dev/versions/latest/sdk/document-picker/
- Issues: https://github.com/expo/expo/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/expo-document-picker

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## Recent versions

- 57.0.2 (latest) — 2026-09-11
- 58.0.0 (next) — 2026-09-10
- 58.0.0-canary-20260909-ea7a89a (canary) — 2026-09-09
- 55.0.17 (sdk-55) — 2026-08-25
- 56.0.5-canary-20260701-9100865 (canary-sdk-56) — 2026-07-01
- 55.0.9-canary-20260429-a5e59cf (canary-sdk-55) — 2026-04-29
- 12.0.1 (sdk-51) — 2024-04-23
- 11.10.1 (sdk-50) — 2023-12-19
- 58.0.0-canary-20260902-26df09e — 2026-09-02
- 58.0.0-canary-20260901-2164f24 — 2026-09-02
- 55.0.16 — 2026-08-17
- 58.0.0-canary-20260812-27f94d4 — 2026-08-12
- 58.0.0-canary-20260806-8c2d007 — 2026-08-06
- 57.0.0-canary-20260723-64edab9 — 2026-07-23
- 57.0.0-canary-20260720-b6d63bc — 2026-07-20
- … 249 more at https://npm.io/package/expo-document-picker/versions

## README

<p>
  <a href="https://docs.expo.dev/versions/latest/sdk/document-picker/">
    <img
      src="../../.github/resources/expo-document-picker.svg"
      alt="expo-document-picker"
      height="64" />
  </a>
</p>

Provides access to the system's UI for selecting documents from the available providers on the user's device.

# API documentation

- [Documentation for the latest stable release](https://docs.expo.dev/versions/latest/sdk/document-picker/)
- [Documentation for the main branch](https://docs.expo.dev/versions/unversioned/sdk/document-picker/)

# Installation in managed Expo projects

For [managed](https://docs.expo.dev/archive/managed-vs-bare/) Expo projects, please follow the installation instructions in the [API documentation for the latest stable release](https://docs.expo.dev/versions/latest/sdk/document-picker/).

# Installation in bare React Native projects

For bare React Native projects, you must ensure that you have [installed and configured the `expo` package](https://docs.expo.dev/bare/installing-expo-modules/) before continuing.

### Add the package to your npm dependencies

```bash
npx expo install expo-document-picker
```

### Configure for Android

No additional set up necessary.

### Configure for iOS

Run `npx pod-install` after installing the npm package.

### Plugin

You can change the `com.apple.developer.icloud-container-environment` entitlement using the `iCloudContainerEnvironment` property.

`app.json`

```json
{
  "ios": {
    "usesIcloudStorage": true,
    "bundleIdentifier": "com.yourname.yourapp"
  },
  "plugins": ["expo-document-picker"]
}
```

> Running `npx expo prebuild` will generate the [native project locally](https://docs.expo.dev/workflow/customizing/) with the applied changes in your iOS Entitlements file.

# Contributing

Contributions are very welcome! Please refer to guidelines described in the [contributing guide](https://github.com/expo/expo#contributing).

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