Using JSON File in Android App Resources

Question

Suppose I have a file with JSON contents in the raw resources folder in my app. How can I read this into the app, so that I can parse the JSON?

Answer 1

InputStream is = mContext.getResources().openRawResource(R.raw.json_regions);
                            int size = is.available();
                            byte[] buffer = new byte[size];
                            is.read(buffer);
                            is.close();
                           String json = new String(buffer, "UTF-8");