itinance / itinance/react-native-fs

Can't access files of hidden folder.

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I am not able to access files from a hidden folder `/WhatsApp/Media/.Statuses` in react-native-fs. Whenever I access I get back an empty array. I have granted `READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE` permission. My code goes like this :

```javascript
import RNFS from 'react-native-fs'
RNFS.readDir(`${RNFS.ExternalStorageDirectoryPath}/WhatsApp/Media/.Statuses`).then(res => {
console.log(res) // logs : []
})
```
I am able to access files of other folder but not anything that starts from '.'

How to access files of a hidden folder in react-native-fs ?

Update:
This issue is in Android 11. Probably Android 10 as well.

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