Platform specific import component in react native with typescript

I am using react native with typescript. I have a component with the following structure

component
    - component.ios.tsx
    - component.android.tsx

Now I want to import the component. So, I am doing this:

import component from '../component/component';

But it says:

[ts] Cannot find module ../component/component

The location is correct. I need to add something to the tslint file to make it understand.

I also tried to do:

let component = require('../component/component');

This didn't give typescript error. But it gave a runtime error.

element type is invalid expected a string or a class/function but got undefined

Has anybody run into this issue? Thank you.