Where to place an XML file containing data within an Android app

Question

I am new to Android development. I have an XML file with data that the app will read. Where should I keep this XML file? Should it be stored within the \"value\" folder?<

Answer 1

I had a similar requirement and after lot of research , I found 2 solution to place a custom XML : You can place custom XML in

1. res/raw/

2. res/xml/

To access these location you will use following code :

a. if XML is placed in res/raw then :

getResources().openRawResource(R.raw.custom-xml) :

This gives you easy methods for reading xml :

with below code I am reading XML in memory placed in raw folder :

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BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(getResources().openRawResource(R.raw.custom-xml)));
            
StringBuilder str = new StringBuilder();
String line;
while ( (line = br.readLine()) != null){
    str.append(line);
}

2nd Option :

getResources().getxml(R.xml.custom-xml);

with this you could read the xml using eventbased parser.