java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError in jsqlite.Database.internal_init in Android Spatialite

I'm new to developing for Android and using Spatialite and can't figure out why my app is crashing on a few devices because of this error:

java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: No implementation found for void jsqlite.Database.internal_init() (tried Java_jsqlite_Database_internal_1init and Java_jsqlite_Database_internal_1init__) at jsqlite.Database.internal_init(Native Method) at jsqlite.Database.(Database.java:25)

This crash report is from a Nexus 5 (hammerhead) with Android 6.0 but it's been reported on Xoom with Android 4.1 and a few other unknown devices. I think it maybe be related to NDK versions as mentioned in these issues:

Adding ".so" library to my android studio project
http://ift.tt/1LVFGLt. (although this is for sqlite4java)

Other than that I'm also getting this error/warning (depending on the device): libjsqlite.so has text relocations. This is wasting memory and prevents security hardening. Please fix. Although it doesnt crash the app like the other error.