diff --git a/src/android/io_realm_react_RealmReactModule.cpp b/src/android/io_realm_react_RealmReactModule.cpp
index b6bb714c..8fcd4b21 100644
--- a/src/android/io_realm_react_RealmReactModule.cpp
+++ b/src/android/io_realm_react_RealmReactModule.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ using namespace realm::rpc;
 static RPCServer *s_rpc_server;
 extern bool realmContextInjected;
 
+namespace realm {    
+    // set the AssetManager used to access bundled files within the APK
+    void set_asset_manager(AAssetManager* assetManager);
+}
+
 JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_io_realm_react_RealmReactModule_setDefaultRealmFileDirectory
   (JNIEnv *env, jclass, jstring fileDir, jobject javaAssetManager)
 {
diff --git a/src/android/platform.cpp b/src/android/platform.cpp
index 98f8c941..0a364e13 100644
--- a/src/android/platform.cpp
+++ b/src/android/platform.cpp
@@ -64,28 +64,24 @@ namespace realm {
         AAssetDir* assetDir = AAssetManager_openDir(androidAssetManager, "");
 
         const char* filename = (const char*)NULL;
-        while ((filename = AAssetDir_getNextFileName(assetDir)) != NULL)
-        {
-          if (isRealmFile(filename))
-          {
-            AAsset* asset = AAssetManager_open(androidAssetManager, filename, AASSET_MODE_STREAMING);
+        while ((filename = AAssetDir_getNextFileName(assetDir)) != NULL) {
+            if (isRealmFile(filename)) {
+                AAsset* asset = AAssetManager_open(androidAssetManager, filename, AASSET_MODE_STREAMING);
 
-            char buf[BUFSIZ];
-            int nb_read = 0;
+                char buf[BUFSIZ];
+                int nb_read = 0;
 
-            const char* destFilename = (s_default_realm_directory + '/' + filename).c_str();
-            if(access(destFilename, F_OK ) == -1 ) {
-                // file doesn't exist, copy
-                FILE* out = fopen(destFilename, "w");
-                while ((nb_read = AAsset_read(asset, buf, BUFSIZ)) > 0)
-                {
-                  fwrite(buf, nb_read, 1, out);
+                const char* destFilename = (s_default_realm_directory + '/' + filename).c_str();
+                if (access(destFilename, F_OK ) == -1) {
+                    // file doesn't exist, copy
+                    FILE* out = fopen(destFilename, "w");
+                    while ((nb_read = AAsset_read(asset, buf, BUFSIZ)) > 0) {
+                        fwrite(buf, nb_read, 1, out);
+                    }
+                    fclose(out);
                 }
-                fclose(out);
+                AAsset_close(asset);
             }
-
-            AAsset_close(asset);
-          }
         }
         AAssetDir_close(assetDir);
     }
diff --git a/src/platform.hpp b/src/platform.hpp
index 568be954..7f497a79 100644
--- a/src/platform.hpp
+++ b/src/platform.hpp
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <string>
-#include <android/asset_manager.h>
 
 extern std::string s_default_realm_directory;
 
@@ -32,9 +31,6 @@ namespace realm {
 // set the directory where realm files should be stored
 void set_default_realm_file_directory(std::string dir);
 
-// set the AssetManager used to access bundled files within the APK
-void set_asset_manager(AAssetManager* assetManager);
-
 // return the directory in which realm files can/should be written to
 std::string default_realm_file_directory();