diff --git a/apps/toolbox/src/main-page.xml b/apps/toolbox/src/main-page.xml
index d532edcf25..d25cd1d7c0 100644
--- a/apps/toolbox/src/main-page.xml
+++ b/apps/toolbox/src/main-page.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
         <Button text="touch-animations" tap="{{ viewDemo }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-view-demo" />
         <Button text="vector-image" tap="{{ viewDemo }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-view-demo" />
         <Button text="visibility-vs-hidden" tap="{{ viewDemo }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-view-demo" />
+        <Button text="fs-helper" tap="{{ viewDemo }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-view-demo" />
       </StackLayout>
     </ScrollView>
   </StackLayout>
diff --git a/apps/toolbox/src/pages/fs-helper.ts b/apps/toolbox/src/pages/fs-helper.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e100f1250
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/toolbox/src/pages/fs-helper.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import { Page, EventData, Application, File } from '@nativescript/core';
+
+let page: Page;
+
+export function navigatingTo(args: EventData) {
+	page = <Page>args.object;
+}
+
+export function createRandom(args) {
+	if (global.isAndroid) {
+		try {
+			const activity = Application.android.foregroundActivity as androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
+			const selection = [android.provider.MediaStore.MediaColumns.DISPLAY_NAME, android.provider.MediaStore.MediaColumns._ID];
+			// testing with downloads as rename only works with a well know collection downloads/audio/photos/videos API 29+
+			let cursor = activity.getContentResolver().query(android.provider.MediaStore.Downloads.getContentUri('external'), selection, null, null);
+
+			let uri;
+
+			while (cursor.moveToNext()) {
+				const index = cursor.getColumnIndex(selection[0]);
+				const name = cursor.getString(index);
+				if (name === 'ns_tmp.txt') {
+					const idIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex(selection[1]);
+					const id = cursor.getLong(idIndex);
+					uri = android.net.Uri.parse(`${android.provider.MediaStore.Downloads.getContentUri('external').toString()}/${id}`);
+					cursor.close();
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+
+			if (!uri) {
+				const values = new android.content.ContentValues();
+				values.put(android.provider.MediaStore.MediaColumns.DISPLAY_NAME, 'ns_tmp.txt');
+				values.put(android.provider.MediaStore.MediaColumns.MIME_TYPE, 'text/plain');
+				uri = activity.getContentResolver().insert(android.provider.MediaStore.Downloads.getContentUri('external'), values);
+			}
+
+			doWork(uri.toString());
+		} catch (e) {
+			console.error(e);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+function doWork(path: string) {
+	try {
+		const file = File.fromPath(path) as File;
+		console.log('name: ', file.name);
+		console.log('path: ', file.path);
+		console.log('parent: ', file.parent);
+		console.log('size: ', file.size);
+		console.log('lastModified: ', file.lastModified);
+		console.log('extension: ', file.extension);
+		if (file.size > 0) {
+			console.log('current text: ', file.readTextSync());
+		} else {
+			file.writeTextSync('Hello World');
+			console.log('after write: ', file.readTextSync());
+			console.log('after write size: ', file.size);
+		}
+
+		file.renameSync(`ns_temp_${Date.now()}.txt`);
+
+		console.log('rename: ', file.name);
+		console.log('rename lastModified: ', file.lastModified);
+
+		file.removeSync();
+
+		console.log('deleted ?', !File.exists(path));
+	} catch (e) {
+		console.error(e);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/apps/toolbox/src/pages/fs-helper.xml b/apps/toolbox/src/pages/fs-helper.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..980cae5067
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/toolbox/src/pages/fs-helper.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<Page xmlns="http://schemas.nativescript.org/tns.xsd" navigatingTo="navigatingTo" class="page">
+
+   <StackLayout>
+            <Button text="Create Random" tap="createRandom" />
+    </StackLayout>
+</Page>
diff --git a/packages/core/file-system/file-system-access.android.ts b/packages/core/file-system/file-system-access.android.ts
index 013e1206f4..75384f7ca2 100644
--- a/packages/core/file-system/file-system-access.android.ts
+++ b/packages/core/file-system/file-system-access.android.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import * as textModule from '../text';
 import { getNativeApplication } from '../application';
 
+import type { IFileSystemAccess } from './file-system-access';
+
 let applicationContext: android.content.Context;
 function getApplicationContext() {
 	if (!applicationContext) {
@@ -10,7 +12,18 @@ function getApplicationContext() {
 	return applicationContext;
 }
 
-export class FileSystemAccess {
+function getOrSetHelper(path: string): org.nativescript.widgets.FileHelper {
+	return org.nativescript.widgets.FileHelper.fromString(applicationContext, path);
+}
+
+function isContentUri(path: string): boolean {
+	if (typeof path === 'string' && path.startsWith('content:')) {
+		return true;
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
+export class FileSystemAccess implements IFileSystemAccess {
 	private _pathSeparator = '/';
 
 	public getLastModified(path: string): Date {
@@ -592,3 +605,313 @@ export class FileSystemAccess {
 		return result;
 	}
 }
+
+export class FileSystemAccess29 extends FileSystemAccess {
+	getLastModified(path: string): Date {
+		if (isContentUri(path)) {
+			return new Date(getOrSetHelper(path).getLastModified() * 1000);
+		}
+		return super.getLastModified(path);
+	}
+
+	getFileSize(path: string): number {
+		if (isContentUri(path)) {
+			return getOrSetHelper(path).getSize();
+		}
+		return super.getFileSize(path);
+	}
+
+	getParent(path: string, onError?: (error: any) => any): { path: string; name: string } {
+		if (isContentUri(path)) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		return super.getParent(path, onError);
+	}
+	getFile(path: string, onError?: (error: any) => any): { path: string; name: string; extension: string } {
+		if (isContentUri(path)) {
+			try {
+				const file = getOrSetHelper(path);
+				return {
+					path,
+					name: file.getName(),
+					extension: file.getExtension(),
+				};
+			} catch (e) {
+				if (typeof onError === 'function') {
+					onError(e);
+				}
+				return;
+			}
+		}
+		return super.getFile(path, onError);
+	}
+	getFolder(path: string, onError?: (error: any) => any): { path: string; name: string } {
+		if (isContentUri(path)) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		return super.getFolder(path, onError);
+	}
+	getEntities(path: string, onError?: (error: any) => any): { path: string; name: string; extension: string }[] {
+		if (isContentUri(path)) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		return super.getEntities(path, onError);
+	}
+	eachEntity(path: string, onEntity: (entity: { path: string; name: string; extension: string }) => boolean, onError?: (error: any) => any) {
+		if (isContentUri(path)) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		super.eachEntity(path, onEntity);
+	}
+	fileExists(path: string): boolean {
+		if (isContentUri(path)) {
+			return org.nativescript.widgets.FileHelper.exists(applicationContext, path);
+		}
+		return super.fileExists(path);
+	}
+	folderExists(path: string): boolean {
+		if (isContentUri(path)) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		return super.folderExists(path);
+	}
+	deleteFile(path: string, onError?: (error: any) => any) {
+		if (isContentUri(path)) {
+			try {
+				getOrSetHelper(path).delete(applicationContext);
+			} catch (e) {
+				onError?.(e);
+			}
+		} else {
+			super.deleteFile(path, onError);
+		}
+	}
+	deleteFolder(path: string, onError?: (error: any) => any) {
+		if (!isContentUri(path)) {
+			super.deleteFolder(path, onError);
+		}
+	}
+	emptyFolder(path: string, onError?: (error: any) => any): void {
+		if (!isContentUri(path)) {
+			super.emptyFolder(path, onError);
+		}
+	}
+	rename(path: string, newPath: string, onError?: (error: any) => any): void {
+		if (isContentUri(path)) {
+			let callback = null;
+			if (typeof onError === 'function') {
+				callback = new org.nativescript.widgets.FileHelper.Callback({
+					onSuccess(result) {},
+					onError(error) {
+						onError(error);
+					},
+				});
+			}
+			getOrSetHelper(path).renameSync(applicationContext, newPath, callback);
+		} else {
+			super.rename(path, newPath, onError);
+		}
+	}
+
+	public renameAsync(path: string, newPath: string): Promise<any> {
+		return new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+			getOrSetHelper(path).renameSync(
+				applicationContext,
+				newPath,
+				new org.nativescript.widgets.FileHelper.Callback({
+					onSuccess(result) {
+						resolve();
+					},
+					onError(error) {
+						reject(error);
+					},
+				})
+			);
+		});
+	}
+
+	getDocumentsFolderPath(): string {
+		return super.getDocumentsFolderPath();
+	}
+	getTempFolderPath(): string {
+		return super.getDocumentsFolderPath();
+	}
+	getLogicalRootPath(): string {
+		return super.getDocumentsFolderPath();
+	}
+	getCurrentAppPath(): string {
+		return super.getDocumentsFolderPath();
+	}
+	public readText = this.readTextSync.bind(this);
+
+	readTextAsync(path: string, encoding?: any): Promise<string> {
+		if (isContentUri(path)) {
+			return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+				getOrSetHelper(path).readText(
+					applicationContext,
+					encoding ?? null,
+					new org.nativescript.widgets.FileHelper.Callback({
+						onSuccess(result) {
+							resolve(result);
+						},
+						onError(error) {
+							reject(error);
+						},
+					})
+				);
+			});
+		}
+		return super.readTextAsync(path, encoding);
+	}
+	readTextSync(path: string, onError?: (error: any) => any, encoding?: any): string {
+		if (isContentUri(path)) {
+			let callback = null;
+			if (typeof onError === 'function') {
+				callback = new org.nativescript.widgets.FileHelper.Callback({
+					onSuccess(result) {},
+					onError(error) {
+						onError(error);
+					},
+				});
+			}
+			return getOrSetHelper(path).readTextSync(applicationContext, encoding ?? null, callback);
+		} else {
+			return super.readTextSync(path, onError, encoding);
+		}
+	}
+
+	read = this.readSync.bind(this);
+
+	readAsync(path: string): Promise<any> {
+		if (isContentUri(path)) {
+			return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+				getOrSetHelper(path).read(
+					applicationContext,
+					new org.nativescript.widgets.FileHelper.Callback({
+						onSuccess(result) {
+							resolve(result);
+						},
+						onError(error) {
+							reject(error);
+						},
+					})
+				);
+			});
+		}
+		return super.readAsync(path);
+	}
+
+	readSync(path: string, onError?: (error: any) => any) {
+		if (isContentUri(path)) {
+			let callback = null;
+			if (typeof onError === 'function') {
+				callback = new org.nativescript.widgets.FileHelper.Callback({
+					onSuccess(result) {},
+					onError(error) {
+						onError(error);
+					},
+				});
+			}
+			return getOrSetHelper(path).readSync(applicationContext, callback);
+		}
+		return super.readSync(path, onError);
+	}
+
+	writeText = this.writeTextSync.bind(this);
+
+	writeTextAsync(path: string, content: string, encoding?: any): Promise<void> {
+		if (isContentUri(path)) {
+			return new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+				getOrSetHelper(path).writeText(
+					applicationContext,
+					content,
+					encoding ?? null,
+					new org.nativescript.widgets.FileHelper.Callback({
+						onSuccess(result) {
+							resolve();
+						},
+						onError(error) {
+							reject(error);
+						},
+					})
+				);
+			});
+		}
+		return super.writeTextAsync(path, content, encoding);
+	}
+
+	writeTextSync(path: string, content: string, onError?: (error: any) => any, encoding?: any) {
+		if (isContentUri(path)) {
+			let callback = null;
+			if (typeof onError === 'function') {
+				callback = new org.nativescript.widgets.FileHelper.Callback({
+					onSuccess(result) {},
+					onError(error) {
+						onError(error);
+					},
+				});
+			}
+			getOrSetHelper(path).writeTextSync(applicationContext, content, encoding ?? null, callback);
+		} else {
+			super.writeTextSync(path, content, onError);
+		}
+	}
+
+	write = this.writeSync.bind(this);
+
+	writeAsync(path: string, content: any): Promise<void> {
+		if (isContentUri(path)) {
+			return new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+				getOrSetHelper(path).write(
+					applicationContext,
+					content,
+					new org.nativescript.widgets.FileHelper.Callback({
+						onSuccess(result) {
+							resolve();
+						},
+						onError(error) {
+							reject(error);
+						},
+					})
+				);
+			});
+		}
+		return super.writeAsync(path, content);
+	}
+
+	writeSync(path: string, content: any, onError?: (error: any) => any) {
+		if (isContentUri(path)) {
+			let callback = null;
+			if (typeof onError === 'function') {
+				callback = new org.nativescript.widgets.FileHelper.Callback({
+					onSuccess(result) {},
+					onError(error) {
+						onError(error);
+					},
+				});
+			}
+			getOrSetHelper(path).writeSync(applicationContext, content, callback);
+		} else {
+			super.writeSync(path, content, onError);
+		}
+	}
+
+	getFileExtension(path: string): string {
+		if (isContentUri(path)) {
+			return getOrSetHelper(path).getExtension();
+		}
+		return super.getFileExtension(path);
+	}
+	getPathSeparator(): string {
+		return super.getPathSeparator();
+	}
+	normalizePath(path: string): string {
+		return super.normalizePath(path);
+	}
+	joinPath(left: string, right: string): string {
+		return super.joinPath(left, right);
+	}
+	joinPaths(paths: string[]): string {
+		return super.joinPaths(paths);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/file-system/file-system-access.d.ts b/packages/core/file-system/file-system-access.d.ts
index bec55401dc..3f69fbde21 100644
--- a/packages/core/file-system/file-system-access.d.ts
+++ b/packages/core/file-system/file-system-access.d.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /**
  * An utility class used to provide methods to access and work with the file system.
  */
-export class FileSystemAccess {
+export interface IFileSystemAccess {
 	/**
 	 * Gets the last modified date of a file with a given path.
 	 * @param path Path to the file.
@@ -248,3 +248,75 @@ export class FileSystemAccess {
 	 */
 	joinPaths(paths: string[]): string;
 }
+
+export class FileSystemAccess implements IFileSystemAccess {
+	getLastModified(path: string): Date;
+
+	getFileSize(path: string): number;
+
+	getParent(path: string, onError?: (error: any) => any): { path: string; name: string };
+
+	getFile(path: string, onError?: (error: any) => any): { path: string; name: string; extension: string };
+
+	getFolder(path: string, onError?: (error: any) => any): { path: string; name: string };
+
+	getEntities(path: string, onError?: (error: any) => any): Array<{ path: string; name: string; extension: string }>;
+
+	eachEntity(path: string, onEntity: (entity: { path: string; name: string; extension: string }) => boolean, onError?: (error: any) => any);
+
+	fileExists(path: string): boolean;
+
+	folderExists(path: string): boolean;
+
+	deleteFile(path: string, onError?: (error: any) => any);
+
+	deleteFolder(path: string, onError?: (error: any) => any);
+
+	emptyFolder(path: string, onError?: (error: any) => any): void;
+
+	rename(path: string, newPath: string, onError?: (error: any) => any): void;
+
+	getDocumentsFolderPath(): string;
+
+	getTempFolderPath(): string;
+
+	getLogicalRootPath(): string;
+
+	getCurrentAppPath(): string;
+
+	readText(path: string, onError?: (error: any) => any, encoding?: any): string;
+
+	readTextAsync(path: string, encoding?: any): Promise<string>;
+
+	readTextSync(path: string, onError?: (error: any) => any, encoding?: any): string;
+
+	read(path: string, onError?: (error: any) => any): any;
+
+	readAsync(path: string): Promise<any>;
+
+	readSync(path: string, onError?: (error: any) => any): any;
+
+	writeText(path: string, content: string, onError?: (error: any) => any, encoding?: any);
+
+	writeTextAsync(path: string, content: string, encoding?: any): Promise<void>;
+
+	writeTextSync(path: string, content: string, onError?: (error: any) => any, encoding?: any);
+
+	write(path: string, content: any, onError?: (error: any) => any);
+
+	writeAsync(path: string, content: any): Promise<void>;
+
+	writeSync(path: string, content: any, onError?: (error: any) => any);
+
+	getFileExtension(path: string): string;
+
+	getPathSeparator(): string;
+
+	normalizePath(path: string): string;
+
+	joinPath(left: string, right: string): string;
+
+	joinPaths(paths: string[]): string;
+}
+
+export class FileSystemAccess29 extends FileSystemAccess {}
diff --git a/packages/core/file-system/index.ts b/packages/core/file-system/index.ts
index 574682378f..7944e55000 100644
--- a/packages/core/file-system/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/file-system/index.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
-import { FileSystemAccess } from './file-system-access';
-
+import { IFileSystemAccess, FileSystemAccess, FileSystemAccess29 } from './file-system-access';
+import { Device } from '../platform';
 // The FileSystemAccess implementation, used through all the APIs.
-let fileAccess: FileSystemAccess;
+let fileAccess: IFileSystemAccess;
 
 /**
  * Returns FileSystemAccess, a shared singleton utility class to provide methods to access and work with the file system. This is used under the hood of all the file system apis in @nativescript/core and provided as a lower level convenience if needed.
  * @returns FileSystemAccess
  */
-export function getFileAccess(): FileSystemAccess {
+export function getFileAccess(): IFileSystemAccess {
 	if (!fileAccess) {
-		fileAccess = new FileSystemAccess();
+		if (global.isAndroid && parseInt(Device.sdkVersion) >= 29) {
+			fileAccess = new FileSystemAccess29();
+		} else {
+			fileAccess = new FileSystemAccess();
+		}
 	}
 
 	return fileAccess;
@@ -161,12 +165,7 @@ export class FileSystemEntity {
 	}
 
 	get lastModified(): Date {
-		let value = this._lastModified;
-		if (!this._lastModified) {
-			value = this._lastModified = getFileAccess().getLastModified(this.path);
-		}
-
-		return value;
+		return getFileAccess().getLastModified(this.path);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -204,7 +203,7 @@ export class File extends FileSystemEntity {
 	public read(): Promise<any> {
 		return new Promise<any>((resolve, reject) => {
 			try {
-				this.checkAccess();
+				this._checkAccess();
 			} catch (ex) {
 				reject(ex);
 
@@ -229,7 +228,7 @@ export class File extends FileSystemEntity {
 	}
 
 	public readSync(onError?: (error: any) => any): any {
-		this.checkAccess();
+		this._checkAccess();
 
 		this._locked = true;
 
@@ -251,7 +250,7 @@ export class File extends FileSystemEntity {
 	public write(content: any): Promise<void> {
 		return new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
 			try {
-				this.checkAccess();
+				this._checkAccess();
 			} catch (ex) {
 				reject(ex);
 
@@ -276,7 +275,7 @@ export class File extends FileSystemEntity {
 	}
 
 	public writeSync(content: any, onError?: (error: any) => any): void {
-		this.checkAccess();
+		this._checkAccess();
 
 		try {
 			this._locked = true;
@@ -298,7 +297,7 @@ export class File extends FileSystemEntity {
 	public readText(encoding?: string): Promise<string> {
 		return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
 			try {
-				this.checkAccess();
+				this._checkAccess();
 			} catch (ex) {
 				reject(ex);
 
@@ -323,7 +322,7 @@ export class File extends FileSystemEntity {
 	}
 
 	public readTextSync(onError?: (error: any) => any, encoding?: string): string {
-		this.checkAccess();
+		this._checkAccess();
 
 		this._locked = true;
 
@@ -344,7 +343,7 @@ export class File extends FileSystemEntity {
 	public writeText(content: string, encoding?: string): Promise<any> {
 		return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
 			try {
-				this.checkAccess();
+				this._checkAccess();
 			} catch (ex) {
 				reject(ex);
 
@@ -369,7 +368,7 @@ export class File extends FileSystemEntity {
 	}
 
 	public writeTextSync(content: string, onError?: (error: any) => any, encoding?: string): void {
-		this.checkAccess();
+		this._checkAccess();
 
 		try {
 			this._locked = true;
@@ -388,7 +387,7 @@ export class File extends FileSystemEntity {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private checkAccess() {
+	_checkAccess() {
 		if (this.isLocked) {
 			throw new Error('Cannot access a locked file.');
 		}
diff --git a/packages/core/platforms/android/widgets-release.aar b/packages/core/platforms/android/widgets-release.aar
index 6df5b6aaf9..88a866e404 100644
Binary files a/packages/core/platforms/android/widgets-release.aar and b/packages/core/platforms/android/widgets-release.aar differ
diff --git a/packages/types-android/src/lib/android/org.nativescript.widgets.d.ts b/packages/types-android/src/lib/android/org.nativescript.widgets.d.ts
index 85224251c7..54a9be7aeb 100644
--- a/packages/types-android/src/lib/android/org.nativescript.widgets.d.ts
+++ b/packages/types-android/src/lib/android/org.nativescript.widgets.d.ts
@@ -635,6 +635,53 @@
     }
 }
 
+declare module org {
+	export module nativescript {
+		export module widgets {
+			export class FileHelper {
+				public static class: java.lang.Class<org.nativescript.widgets.FileHelper>;
+				public readText(param0: globalAndroid.content.Context, param1: string, param2: org.nativescript.widgets.FileHelper.Callback): void;
+				public writeSync(param0: globalAndroid.content.Context, param1: androidNative.Array<number>, param2: org.nativescript.widgets.FileHelper.Callback): void;
+				public static fromString(param1: globalAndroid.content.Context, param0: string): org.nativescript.widgets.FileHelper;
+				public writeText(param0: globalAndroid.content.Context, param1: string, param2: string, param3: org.nativescript.widgets.FileHelper.Callback): void;
+				public writeTextSync(param0: globalAndroid.content.Context, param1: string, param2: string, param3: org.nativescript.widgets.FileHelper.Callback): void;
+				public copyToFileSync(param0: globalAndroid.content.Context, param1: java.io.File, param2: org.nativescript.widgets.FileHelper.Callback): boolean;
+				public getName(): string;
+				public read(param0: globalAndroid.content.Context, param1: org.nativescript.widgets.FileHelper.Callback): void;
+				public copyToFile(param0: globalAndroid.content.Context, param1: java.io.File, param2: org.nativescript.widgets.FileHelper.Callback): void;
+				public static fromUri(param0: globalAndroid.content.Context, param1: globalAndroid.net.Uri): org.nativescript.widgets.FileHelper;
+				public readSync(param0: globalAndroid.content.Context, param1: org.nativescript.widgets.FileHelper.Callback): androidNative.Array<number>;
+				public write(param0: globalAndroid.content.Context, param1: androidNative.Array<number>, param2: org.nativescript.widgets.FileHelper.Callback): void;
+				public getSize(): number;
+				public getMime(): string;
+				public readTextSync(param0: globalAndroid.content.Context, param1: string, param2: org.nativescript.widgets.FileHelper.Callback): string;
+				public delete(param0: globalAndroid.content.Context): boolean;
+                public static exists(param0: globalAndroid.content.Context, param1: string): boolean;
+                public static exists(param0: globalAndroid.content.Context, param1: globalAndroid.net.Uri): boolean;
+                public getExtension(): string;
+                public getLastModified(): number;
+                public renameSync(param0: globalAndroid.content.Context, param1: string, param2: org.nativescript.widgets.FileHelper.Callback): string;
+                public rename(param0: globalAndroid.content.Context, param1: string, param2: org.nativescript.widgets.FileHelper.Callback): string;
+			}
+			export module FileHelper {
+				export class Callback {
+					public static class: java.lang.Class<org.nativescript.widgets.FileHelper.Callback>;
+					/**
+					 * Constructs a new instance of the org.nativescript.widgets.FileHelper$Callback interface with the provided implementation. An empty constructor exists calling super() when extending the interface class.
+					 */
+					public constructor(implementation: {
+						onError(param0: java.lang.Exception): void;
+						onSuccess(param0: any): void;
+					});
+					public constructor();
+					public onError(param0: java.lang.Exception): void;
+					public onSuccess(param0: any): void;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 declare module org {
 	export module nativescript {
 		export module widgets {
diff --git a/packages/ui-mobile-base/android/widgets/src/main/java/org/nativescript/widgets/FileHelper.java b/packages/ui-mobile-base/android/widgets/src/main/java/org/nativescript/widgets/FileHelper.java
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+package org.nativescript.widgets;
+
+import android.content.ContentValues;
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.database.Cursor;
+import android.net.Uri;
+import android.os.Build;
+import android.os.Handler;
+import android.os.Looper;
+import android.provider.MediaStore;
+import android.webkit.MimeTypeMap;
+
+import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+
+public class FileHelper {
+	private Uri uri;
+	private long size;
+	private String name;
+	private String mime;
+	private long lastModified;
+	private ExecutorService executor = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
+	private Handler handler;
+
+	public interface Callback {
+		void onError(Exception exception);
+
+		void onSuccess(@Nullable Object result);
+	}
+
+	FileHelper(Uri uri) {
+		handler = new Handler(Looper.getMainLooper());
+		this.uri = uri;
+	}
+
+	public static boolean exists(Context context, String string) {
+		try {
+			return exists(context, Uri.parse(string));
+		} catch (Exception ignored) {
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
+	public static boolean exists(Context context, Uri uri) {
+		Cursor cursor = context.getContentResolver()
+			.query(uri, null, null, null, null);
+
+		boolean exists = cursor.moveToFirst();
+		cursor.close();
+		return exists;
+	}
+
+	public static @Nullable
+	FileHelper fromString(Context context, String string) {
+		try {
+			return fromUri(context, Uri.parse(string));
+		} catch (Exception ignored) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	public static @Nullable
+	FileHelper fromUri(Context context, Uri uri) {
+		Cursor cursor = context.getContentResolver()
+			.query(uri, null, null, null, null);
+
+		int sizeIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex(
+			MediaStore.MediaColumns.SIZE
+		);
+
+		int nameIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex(
+			MediaStore.MediaColumns.DISPLAY_NAME
+		);
+
+		int lastModifiedIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex(
+			MediaStore.MediaColumns.DATE_MODIFIED
+		);
+
+
+		boolean moved = cursor.moveToFirst();
+		FileHelper helper = null;
+		if (moved) {
+			helper = new FileHelper(uri);
+			helper.size = cursor.getLong(sizeIndex);
+			helper.name = cursor.getString(nameIndex);
+			helper.mime = context.getContentResolver().getType(uri);
+			helper.lastModified = cursor.getLong(lastModifiedIndex);
+		}
+		cursor.close();
+		return helper;
+	}
+
+	private void updateInternal(Context context) {
+		updateInternal(context, true);
+	}
+
+	private void updateInternal(Context context, boolean force) {
+
+		if (force) {
+			// trigger db update
+			ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
+			if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.R) {
+				context.getContentResolver().update(uri, values, null);
+			} else {
+				context.getContentResolver().update(uri, values, null, null);
+			}
+		}
+
+		Cursor cursor = context.getContentResolver()
+			.query(uri, null, null, null, null);
+
+		int sizeIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex(
+			MediaStore.MediaColumns.SIZE
+		);
+
+		int nameIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex(
+			MediaStore.MediaColumns.DISPLAY_NAME
+		);
+
+		int lastModifiedIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex(
+			MediaStore.MediaColumns.DATE_MODIFIED
+		);
+
+
+		boolean moved = cursor.moveToFirst();
+
+		if (moved) {
+			size = cursor.getLong(sizeIndex);
+			name = cursor.getString(nameIndex);
+			mime = context.getContentResolver().getType(uri);
+			lastModified = cursor.getLong(lastModifiedIndex);
+		}
+
+		cursor.close();
+	}
+
+	public long getSize() {
+		return size;
+	}
+
+	public String getName() {
+		return name;
+	}
+
+	public String getMime() {
+		if (mime == null) {
+			return "application/octet-stream";
+		}
+		return mime;
+	}
+
+	public String getExtension() {
+		if (mime == null) {
+			return "";
+		}
+		return MimeTypeMap.getSingleton().getExtensionFromMimeType(mime);
+	}
+
+	public long getLastModified() {
+		return lastModified;
+	}
+
+	private byte[] readSyncInternal(Context context) throws Exception {
+		InputStream is = context.getContentResolver().openInputStream(uri);
+		byte[] array = new byte[(int) size];
+		is.read(array);
+		is.close();
+		return array;
+	}
+
+	public @Nullable
+	byte[] readSync(Context context, @Nullable Callback callback) {
+		try {
+			return readSyncInternal(context);
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			if (callback != null) {
+				callback.onError(e);
+			}
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	public void read(Context context, Callback callback) {
+		executor.execute(() -> {
+			try {
+				byte[] result = readSyncInternal(context);
+				handler.post(() -> callback.onSuccess(result));
+			} catch (Exception e) {
+				handler.post(() -> callback.onError(e));
+			}
+		});
+	}
+
+	private String readTextSyncInternal(Context context, @Nullable String encoding) throws Exception {
+		String characterSet = encoding;
+		if (characterSet == null) {
+			characterSet = "UTF-8";
+		}
+
+		InputStream is = context.getContentResolver().openInputStream(uri);
+		InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(is, characterSet);
+		BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(isr);
+		char[] buf = new char[is.available()];
+		reader.read(buf);
+		reader.close();
+		return new String(buf);
+	}
+
+	public String readTextSync(Context context, @Nullable String encoding, @Nullable Callback callback) {
+		try {
+			return readTextSyncInternal(context, encoding);
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			if (callback != null) {
+				callback.onError(e);
+			}
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	public void readText(Context context, @Nullable String encoding, Callback callback) {
+		executor.execute(() -> {
+			try {
+				String result = readTextSyncInternal(context, encoding);
+				handler.post(() -> callback.onSuccess(result));
+			} catch (Exception e) {
+				handler.post(() -> callback.onError(e));
+			}
+		});
+	}
+
+	private void writeSyncInternal(Context context, byte[] content) throws Exception {
+		OutputStream os = context.getContentResolver().openOutputStream(uri);
+		os.write(content, 0, content.length);
+		os.flush();
+		os.close();
+		updateInternal(context);
+	}
+
+	public void writeSync(Context context, byte[] content, @Nullable Callback callback) {
+		try {
+			writeSyncInternal(context, content);
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			if (callback != null) {
+				callback.onError(e);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	public void write(Context context, byte[] content, Callback callback) {
+		executor.execute(() -> {
+			try {
+				writeSyncInternal(context, content);
+				handler.post(() -> callback.onSuccess(null));
+			} catch (Exception e) {
+				handler.post(() -> callback.onError(e));
+			}
+		});
+	}
+
+	private void writeTextSyncInternal(Context context, String content, @Nullable String encoding) throws Exception {
+		OutputStream os = context.getContentResolver().openOutputStream(uri);
+		String characterSet = encoding;
+		if (characterSet == null) {
+			characterSet = "UTF-8";
+		}
+		OutputStreamWriter osw = new OutputStreamWriter(os, characterSet);
+		osw.write(content);
+		osw.flush();
+		osw.close();
+		updateInternal(context);
+	}
+
+	public void writeTextSync(Context context, String content, @Nullable String encoding, @Nullable Callback callback) {
+		try {
+			writeTextSyncInternal(context, content, encoding);
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			if (callback != null) {
+				callback.onError(e);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	public void writeText(Context context, String content, @Nullable String encoding, Callback callback) {
+		executor.execute(() -> {
+			try {
+				writeTextSyncInternal(context, content, encoding);
+				handler.post(() -> callback.onSuccess(null));
+			} catch (Exception e) {
+				handler.post(() -> callback.onError(e));
+			}
+		});
+	}
+
+	private void copyToFileInternal(InputStream is, OutputStream os) throws Exception {
+		int read;
+		byte[] buf = new byte[1024];
+		while ((read = is.read(buf)) != -1) {
+			os.write(buf, 0, read);
+		}
+		is.close();
+		os.flush();
+		os.close();
+	}
+
+	private void copyToFileInternal(Context context, File file) throws Exception {
+		InputStream is = context.getContentResolver().openInputStream(uri);
+		FileOutputStream os = new FileOutputStream(file);
+		copyToFileInternal(is, os);
+	}
+
+	public boolean copyToFileSync(Context context, File file, @Nullable Callback callback) {
+		boolean completed = false;
+		try {
+			copyToFileInternal(context, file);
+			completed = true;
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			if (callback != null) {
+				callback.onError(e);
+			}
+		}
+		return completed;
+	}
+
+	public void copyToFile(Context context, File file, Callback callback) {
+		executor.execute(() -> {
+			try {
+				copyToFileInternal(context, file);
+				handler.post(() -> callback.onSuccess(true));
+			} catch (Exception e) {
+				handler.post(() -> callback.onError(e));
+			}
+		});
+	}
+
+	public boolean delete(Context context) {
+		try {
+			return context.getContentResolver().delete(uri, null, null) > 0;
+		} catch (SecurityException e) {
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
+	private void renameInternal(Context context, String newName) throws Exception {
+		ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
+		values.put(MediaStore.MediaColumns.DISPLAY_NAME, newName);
+
+		if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.R) {
+			context.getContentResolver().update(uri, values, null);
+		} else {
+			context.getContentResolver().update(uri, values, null, null);
+		}
+
+		updateInternal(context, false);
+	}
+
+	public void renameSync(Context context, String newName, @Nullable Callback callback) {
+		try {
+			renameInternal(context, newName);
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			if (callback != null) {
+				callback.onError(e);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	public void rename(Context context, String newName, Callback callback) {
+		executor.execute(() -> {
+			try {
+				renameInternal(context, newName);
+				handler.post(() -> callback.onSuccess(null));
+			} catch (Exception e) {
+				handler.post(() -> callback.onError(e));
+			}
+		});
+	}
+
+}