title: RNFS.exists() always returns FALSE
body: <p>The RNFS.exists() method always returns false, even though the file exists. My file is stored in a manually created folder app/assets</p>
  
  <p>import React, {Component} from 'react'
  import {View,Text,Image,Button} from 'react-native'
  import styles from "./styles"
  import { Provider as PaperProvider } from 'react-native-paper';
  var RNFS = require('react-native-fs');</p>
  
  <p>class CharacterSelect extends Component{</p>
  
  <pre><code>static navigationOptions = {
      header: null
  }
  
  constructor() {
      super()
      this.state = {
          displayView:null
      }
  }
  
  
  async funcy() {
      RNFS.exists(await "@assets/character.json")
      .then((exists) =&gt; {
          if (exists){
              console.warn("in the if statement")
          } else {
              console.warn("in the else statement")
          }
      })
  }
  
  render() {
      this.funcy()
  
  
  
      const {} = styles
      return(
          &lt;PaperProvider&gt;
          &lt;View style={styles.viewTitle}&gt;
                  &lt;Text style={styles.textStyle}&gt;Welcome to RpgDoIt!&lt;/Text&gt;
                  &lt;Image style={styles.image} source={require('@assets/titlelogo.png')}/&gt;
          &lt;/View&gt;
  
          {this.state.displayView}
          &lt;/PaperProvider&gt;
      )
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>}</p>
  
  <p>export default CharacterSelect</p>