Importing sqlite from assets

I am trying to import sqlite db from assets to my project. However, I keep getting this error:
Unable to resolve "./assets/db.sqlite" from "App.js". App.js and assets are at the same level.

I am working on the sample code shared in the documentation:https://github.com/expo/sqlite-example and code shared in this forum post: https://forums.expo.dev/t/solved-import-asset-db/11469/2.

import React from 'react';
import { StyleSheet, Text, View, TextInput, TouchableOpacity } from 'react-native';
import { Constants, SQLite, FileSystem } from 'expo';

const db = SQLite.openDatabase('db.db');

class Items extends React.Component {
  state = {
    items: null
  };

  componentDidMount () {
    this.makeSQLiteDirAsync();
    this.update();

  }

  async makeSQLiteDirAsync () {
    const dbTest = SQLite.openDatabase('dummy.db');

    try {
      await dbTest.transaction(tx => tx.executeSql(''));
    } catch (e) {
      if (this.state.debugEnabled) console.log('error while executing SQL in dummy DB');
    }
  }

  render () {
    const {done: doneHeading} = this.props;
    const {items} = this.state;
    const heading = doneHeading ? 'Completed' : 'Todo';

    if (items === null || items.length === 0) {
      return null;
    }

    return (
      <View style={{marginBottom: 16, marginHorizontal: 16}}>
        <Text style={styles.sectionHeading}>{heading}</Text>
        {items.map(({id, done, value}) => (
          <TouchableOpacity
            key={id}
            onPress={() => this.props.onPressItem && this.props.onPressItem(id)}
            style={{
              backgroundColor: done ? '#1c9963' : '#fff',
              borderColor: '#000',
              borderWidth: 1,
              padding: 8
            }}>
            <Text style={{color: done ? '#fff' : '#000'}}>{value}</Text>
          </TouchableOpacity>
        ))}
      </View>
    );
  }

  update () {
    // load in db


    db.transaction(tx => {
      tx.executeSql(
          `select *
           from items
           where done = ?;`,
        [this.props.done ? 1 : 0],
        (_, {rows: {_array}}) => {
          this.setState({items: _array});
          console.log(_array);
        }
      );
    });

    FileSystem.downloadAsync(
      Expo.Asset.fromModule(require('./assets/db.sqlite')).uri,
      `${Expo.FileSystem.documentDirectory}SQLite/db.db`
    )
      .then(function(){

        let db = SQLite.openDatabase('db.db');

        // do whatever else you need here
        db.transaction(tx => {
          tx.executeSql(
            `select *
           from products
           `,
            [],
            (_, {rows: {_array}}) => {
              console.log(_array);
            }
          );
        });

      })
  }
}

export default class App extends React.Component {
  state = {
    text: null
  };

  componentDidMount () {
    db.transaction(tx => {
      tx.executeSql(
        'create table if not exists items (id integer primary key not null, done int, value text);'
      );
    });
  }

  render () {
    return (
      <View style={styles.container}>
        <Text style={styles.heading}>SQLite Example</Text>
        <View style={styles.flexRow}>
          <TextInput
            style={styles.input}
            placeholder="what do you need to do?"
            value={this.state.text}
            onChangeText={text => this.setState({text})}
            onSubmitEditing={() => {
              this.add(this.state.text);
              this.setState({text: null});
            }}
          />
        </View>
        <View style={styles.listArea}>
          <Items
            done={false}
            ref={todo => (this.todo = todo)}
            onPressItem={id =>
              db.transaction(
                tx => {
                  tx.executeSql(`update items
                                 set done = 1
                                 where id = ?;`, [id]);
                },
                null,
                this.update
              )}
          />
          <Items
            done={true}
            ref={done => (this.done = done)}
            onPressItem={id =>
              db.transaction(
                tx => {
                  tx.executeSql(`delete
                                 from items
                                 where id = ?;`, [id]);
                },
                null,
                this.update
              )}
          />
        </View>
      </View>
    );
  }

  add (text) {
    db.transaction(
      tx => {
        tx.executeSql('insert into items (done, value) values (0, ?)', [text]);
        tx.executeSql('select * from items', [], (_, {rows}) =>
          console.log(JSON.stringify(rows))
        );
      },
      null,
      this.update
    );
  }

  update = () => {
    this.todo && this.todo.update();
    this.done && this.done.update();
  };
}

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    backgroundColor: '#fff',
    flex: 1,
    paddingTop: Constants.statusBarHeight,
  },
  heading: {
    fontSize: 20,
    fontWeight: 'bold',
    textAlign: 'center'
  },
  flexRow: {
    flexDirection: 'row'
  },
  input: {
    borderColor: '#4630eb',
    borderRadius: 4,
    borderWidth: 1,
    flex: 1,
    height: 48,
    margin: 16,
    padding: 5
  },
  listArea: {
    backgroundColor: '#f0f0f0',
    flex: 1,
    paddingTop: 16
  },
  sectionHeading: {
    fontSize: 18,
    marginBottom: 8
  },
});

Please help.

After 10 hours, I found this solution. I can confirm that it works.

I was able to bypass this incorrect behaviour by changing the file ending. i renamed the .db - file to mp4 (or jpg, png, one of the working ending ). instead of loading a .db file, i load the .mp4 and then rename it to .db.

import Expo, {FileSystem, Asset} from 'expo';

FileSystem.downloadAsync(
      Asset.fromModule(require('../../assets/db/myDatabaseFile.mp4')).uri,
      `${FileSystem.documentDirectory}SQLite/myDatabaseFile.db`
    );

and yes, it’s a hack. :slight_smile:

… this is my code:
openFile = async () => {

            FileSystem.downloadAsync(

                    Expo.Asset.fromModule(require("./assets/local.mp4")).uri,

                    `${FileSystem.documentDirectory}/SQLite/local.db`

            );

            db = SQLite.openDatabase('local.db');

            db.transaction(

                    tx => {

                            tx.executeSql('select * from User', [], (trans, result) => {

                                    console.log(".......................................................");

                                    result.map(row => {

                                            console.log(result);

                                    });

                            });

                    }

            );

    }
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