Typescript path mapping for React Native *.android.ts and *.ios.ts modules

I'm using Typescript (version 2.2.1) in VSCode (version 1.10.2) for my React Native project and I'm trying to get the compiler to map *.android.ts and *.ios.ts paths by using the instructions at:

https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript-Handbook/blob/release-2.0/pages/Module%20Resolution.md#path-mapping

For example:

import ApplicationTabs from './ApplicationTabs';

should map to

import ApplicationTabs from './ApplicationTabs/index.ios';

with the following tsconfig.json settings

{
    "compilerOptions": {
        "paths": {
            "*": ["*", "*.ios", "*.android"]
        }
   }
}

but instead throws the compiler throws the error "[ts] cannot find module './ApplicationTabs'"

Does anyone know how I might get the compiler to map to *.android.ts and *.ios.ts paths correctly?

My tsconfig.json is:

{
    "compilerOptions": {
        "target": "es6",
        "module": "es6",
        "moduleResolution": "node",
        "jsx": "react",
        "outDir": "build",
        "rootDir": "src",
        "removeComments": true,
        "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
        "noImplicitAny": true,
        "experimentalDecorators": true,
        "preserveConstEnums": true,
        "allowJs": true,
        "inlineSourceMap": true,
        "sourceRoot": "src",
        "baseUrl": ".",
        "paths": {
            "*": [
                "*",
                "*.ios",
                "*.android"
            ]
        }
    },
    "filesGlob": [
        "typings/**/*.d.ts",
        "src/**/*.ts",
        "src/**/*.tsx",
        "src/**/*.tsx"
    ],
    "exclude": [
        "index.android.js",
        "index.ios.js",
        "build",
        "node_modules"
    ],
    "compileOnSave": false
}

Thanks :-)