Fixes android external dir absolute path being null

android/src/main/java/com/op/sqlite/OPSQLiteModule.kt

@@ -12,14 +12,13 @@ import java.io.InputStream
 import java.io.OutputStream
 import com.facebook.react.util.RNLog;
 
-//@ReactModule(name = OPSQLiteModule.NAME)
 internal class OPSQLiteModule(context: ReactApplicationContext?) : ReactContextBaseJavaModule(context) {
     override fun getName(): String {
         return NAME
     }
 
-    fun getTypedExportedConstants(): MutableMap<String, Any> {
-        val constants: MutableMap<String, Any> = HashMap()
+    fun getTypedExportedConstants(): MutableMap<String, Any?> {
+        val constants: MutableMap<String, Any?> = HashMap()
         val context = reactApplicationContext
         val dbPath =
                 context.getDatabasePath("defaultDatabase")
@@ -28,14 +27,14 @@ internal class OPSQLiteModule(context: ReactApplicationContext?) : ReactContextB
         constants["ANDROID_DATABASE_PATH"] = dbPath
         val filesPath = context.filesDir.absolutePath
         constants["ANDROID_FILES_PATH"] = filesPath
-        val externalFilesDir = context.getExternalFilesDir(null)!!.absolutePath
-        constants["ANDROID_EXTERNAL_FILES_PATH"] = externalFilesDir
-        constants["IOS_DOCUMENT_PATH"] = ""
-        constants["IOS_LIBRARY_PATH"] = ""
+        val externalFilesDir = context.getExternalFilesDir(null)
+        constants["ANDROID_EXTERNAL_FILES_PATH"] = externalFilesDir?.absolutePath
+        constants["IOS_DOCUMENT_PATH"] = null
+        constants["IOS_LIBRARY_PATH"] = null
         return constants
     }
 
-    override fun getConstants(): MutableMap<String, Any>? {
+    override fun getConstants(): MutableMap<String, Any?> {
         return getTypedExportedConstants()
     }
 
@@ -53,7 +52,6 @@ internal class OPSQLiteModule(context: ReactApplicationContext?) : ReactContextB
     @ReactMethod(isBlockingSynchronousMethod = true)
     fun getDylibPath(bundleId: String, name: String): Boolean {
         throw Exception("Do not call getDylibPath on Android")
-        return true
     }
 
     @ReactMethod

docs/docs/configuration.md

@@ -45,13 +45,15 @@ const db = open({
 });
 ```
 
-If you want to access the SD card app's directory:
+If you want to access the SD card app's directory. However, `ANDROID_EXTERNAL_FILES_PATH` **can be null**, sometimes there are OS/Device level errors on which the OS does not detect the directory correctly. You should always have a fallback.
 
 ```tsx
 const db = open({
   name: 'myDB',
   location:
-    Platform.OS === 'ios' ? IOS_LIBRARY_PATH : ANDROID_EXTERNAL_FILES_PATH,
+    Platform.OS === 'ios'
+      ? IOS_LIBRARY_PATH
+      : ANDROID_EXTERNAL_FILES_PATH ?? ANDROID_DATABASE_PATH,
 });
 ```
 
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ const db = open({
   location:
     Platform.OS === 'ios'
       ? IOS_LIBRARY_PATH
-      : `${ANDROID_EXTERNAL_FILES_PATH}/dbs/`,
+      : `${ANDROID_EXTERNAL_FILES_PATH}/databases/`,
 });
 ```