Selecting and loading a *.json file using Expo DocumentPicker in older versions of Android

In React Native Expo project, I am using Expo DocumentPicker to select a JSON file and load it into the application.
On modern version of Android there is no problem with this, in file explorer I select the desired JSON file and upload it. But on older versions of Android( 7, 8) I can’t select the JSON file, I can see it in file explorer but it is not available for selection.

If I remove type: ‘application/json’, I can select json file, but other file types are also available for selection.

  const uploadJsonFile = async () => {
    try {
      const file = await DocumentPicker.getDocumentAsync({
        copyToCacheDirectory: true,
        type: 'application/json',
      });
      setUploadedBackup(file.assets);
    } catch (err) {
      console.log(err);
    }
  };

How can I solve this problem? I can find out the Android version and if the version is below a certain value not specify the file type to select. But from which Android version there is no problem with selecting ‘application/json’?

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