Hey everyone, Kevin from Uppy here. We just added basic React Native support to our open source file uploader. If you're wondering why not just use and build a js file uploader in the first place.. :) Having no JavaScript beats having a lot of it. Running an uploading & encoding business for ten years though we found that in cases, the file input leaves some to be desired: - We received complaints about broken uploads and found that resumable uploads are important, especially for big files and to be inclusive towards people on poorer connections (we also launched tus.io to attack that problem). Uppy uploads can survive network outages and browser crashes or accidental navigate-aways. - Uppy supports editing meta information before uploading (and e.g. cropping is planned). - There’s the situation where people are using their mobile devices and want to upload on the go, but they have their picture on Instagram, files in Dropbox, or just a plain file url from anywhere on the open web. Uppy allows to pick files from those and push it to the destination without downloading it to your mobile device first. - Accurate upload progress reporting is an issue on many platforms. - Some file validation — size, type, number of files — can be done on the client with Uppy. - Uppy integrates webcam support, in case your users want to upload a picture/video/audio that does not exist yet :) - A larger drag & drop surface can be pleasant to work with. Some people also like that you can control the styling, language, etc. - Uppy is aware of encoding backends. Often after an upload, the server needs to rotate, detect faces, optimize for iPad, or what have you. Uppy can track progress of this and report back to the user in different ways. - Sometimes you might want your uploads to happen while you continue to interact on the same single page. Not all apps need all of these features. An is fine in many situations. But these were a few things that our customers hit / asked about enough to spark us to develop Uppy. Happy to answer questions!