Unable to copy static assets

[natwales]

react-native-fetch-blob: 0.10.5
RN 0.44
currently testing on iOS.

in App.js I'm including a static image asset.
const imageToCopy = require('./assets/images/test.jpg');

Now I want to take that static asset and copy it to a local file

I've been unable to get fs.asset() to give me an image path I can work with. I'm not sure if there is a bug or I am not coding this properly. I've tried every variation including the following:

const sourcePath = fs.asset('/src/assets/images/test.jpg');
const sourcePath = fs.asset('test.jpg');
const sourcePath =fs.asset('./assets/image/test.jpg');

but in every case when I go to copy the file with fs.cp(sourcePath, newPath) I am getting an error that an asset does not exist at the supplied paths (I can confirm newPath is fine since it is working with non static assets)

A quick example of usage on ios (and android) would be much appreciated.

[lll000111]

On iOS that function does not do much, see

https://github.com/wkh237/react-native-fetch-blob/blob/master/fs.js#L52

  if(Platform.OS === 'ios') {
    // path from camera roll
    if(/^assets-library\:\/\//.test(path))
      return path
  }

So you only get out what you put in to begin with. I don't know what the function is supposed to do, on iOS you get back the path you already have or return 'bundle-assets://' + path. Hmm.