expo-media-library > Error: Unable to copy file into external storage. after FileSystem.downloadAsync.

Hi, please help me

  1. SDK Version: “expo”: “^42.0.3”
  2. Platforms(Android/iOS/web/all): android 10 or 11
  3. expo-media-library

Repro here: https://snack.expo.dev/@aemam/image-picker

can anyone kindly please tell me why MediaLibrary.saveToLibraryAsync(local); is working
while MediaLibrary.createAssetAsync(fileUri); is NOT ?

Thanks in advance !
by the way, i found that:
https://github.com/expo/expo/issues/11165
but iam using expo

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import * as FileSystem from 'expo-file-system';
import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
import { Button, Image, View, Platform } from 'react-native';
import * as ImagePicker from 'expo-image-picker';
import * as MediaLibrary from 'expo-media-library';

export default function ImagePickerExample() {
  const [image, setImage] = useState(null);

  useEffect(() => {
    (async () => {
      await MediaLibrary.requestPermissionsAsync();
    })();
  }, []);

  

  const pickImage = async () => {
    let result = await ImagePicker.launchImageLibraryAsync({
      mediaTypes: ImagePicker.MediaTypeOptions.All,
      allowsEditing: true,
      aspect: [4, 3],
      quality: 1,
    });

    console.log(result);
    try {
      const { status } = await MediaLibrary.requestPermissionsAsync();

    if (status === "granted") {

    let fileUri = FileSystem.cacheDirectory + "program.pdf";

      let saveResult = await MediaLibrary.saveToLibraryAsync(result.uri);//'file:///data/user/0/host.exp.exponent/files/ExperienceData/%2540aemam%252FRoyalProtocolPo/program.pdf');
      //alert('save Result  ' + saveResult + ' df df' + result.uri);
      console.log(saveResult);



    const file = await FileSystem.downloadAsync('http://www.africau.edu/images/default/sample.pdf', fileUri)
      .then((rrr) => {
        //alert(JSON.stringify(rrr)); //200 success
        
        
        saveFile(rrr.uri, '   save Result  ' + saveResult + ' df df' + result.uri, result.uri);
            


      })
      .catch(error => { //the idea of then & catch after the await is nice !
        alert('تعذر تحميل الملف');
        console.error(error);
      })


} else {
      alert('يجب السماح للتطبيق الوصول لملفات الهاتف')
    }

    } catch (e) {
      alert(e.message);
    }

    if (!result.cancelled) {
      setImage(result.uri);
    }
  };

    const saveFile = async (fileUri, str, local) => {
      try {
    //const ios = Platform.OS === 'ios'
    
      //Why this is working ? const asset = await MediaLibrary.saveToLibraryAsync(local);
      //and the following Not ? Unable to copy file into "external" storage.
      const asset = await MediaLibrary.createAssetAsync(fileUri);     //https://github.com/expo/expo/issues/11165
      alert(str + '   3adda ka  ' + asset);
      const assetLink = await MediaLibrary.createAlbumAsync("RPDownloads", asset, true);  //false to cut not copy ;)
      console.log(asset);
      alert(` تم تحميل الملف بنجاح فى ملف بهاتفك RPDownloads:  ${asset.filename}`);
      alert('working  ' + local + '  Not working ' + fileUri);

      //const imageFileExts = ['jpg', 'png', 'gif', 'heic', 'webp', 'bmp'];



    } catch (e) {
      alert(str +'   --  ' + e.message);
    }
  }

  return (
    <View style={{ flex: 1, alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center' }}>
      <Button title="Pick an image from camera roll" onPress={pickImage} />
      {image && (
        <Image source={{ uri: image }} style={{ width: 200, height: 200 }} />
      )}
    </View>
  );
}

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{
  "dependencies": {
    "expo-image-picker": "~10.2.3",
    "expo-media-library": "~12.1.2",
    "expo-file-system": "~11.1.3"
  }
}

others too have the same problem

&

&
https://github.com/expo/expo/issues/12060

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