title: React-native : Android Debug build does't loads image assets from the react-native assets folder
body: <p>For Testing and sharing purpose , I created an apk using the following code in Terminal</p>
  
  <pre><code>react-native bundle --dev false --platform android --entry-file index.js --bundle-output ./android/app/build/intermediates/assets/debug/index.android.bundle --assets-dest ./android/app/build/intermediates/res/merged/debugScanning
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and create apk using</p>
  
  <pre><code>Create debug build:
  cd android
  ./gradlew assembleDebug
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This above solution is from stackoverflow that successfully created a good apk file,</p>
  
  <p>But, While  i am testing the apk, it doesn't shows the icons from the folder</p>
  
  <pre><code>"react-native-project-name/assets" 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>only shows white space instead of icons. tested some solutions but noting resolves this issue.</p>
  
  <p>version</p>
  
  <pre><code>react-native-cli: 2.0.1
  react-native: 0.55.4
  </code></pre>