title: Expo Asset library works in debug but not in release (Expo ejected project/React Native)
body: <p>I try to get a <code>.jpg</code> file absolute path on <code>Android</code>. I'm using <code>Expo Asset</code> library for this. While my application runs in <code>debug mode</code>, everything is working as expected. The <code>Expo Asset</code> library returns my file with the correct <code>localUri</code> path but in <code>release mode</code> the <code>localUri</code> property contains only the name of the file and not the actual path.
  As an example on <code>debug</code> the <code>localUri</code> contains the following: <code>file:///data/user/0/com.test.app/cache/ExponentAsset-10f8d3f8108915f49694bdd86e85fcbd.jpg</code>
  while in <code>release</code> the same property will contain <code>assets_bg_img</code></p>
  <p>The following line is the request:</p>
  <pre><code>backgroundUri = await Asset.loadAsync(require('../../assets/bg_img.jpg'));
  </code></pre>
  <p>And this is the commands I use to build my <code>release</code> apk:</p>
  <pre><code>cd android
  ./gradlew assembleRelease
  </code></pre>
  <p>This is the commands I use to run the app in <code>debug</code>:</p>
  <pre><code>npx react-native start --port 8084 --reset-cache
  npx react-native run-android --port 8084
  </code></pre>
  <p>Is there a way to make this work? Or is there a better solution to get a file absolute path on Android?</p>