Where to put own properties file in an android project created with Android Studio?

Question

I just started to use Android Studio. I don\'t know where to put my own properties file since there is no assets folder in the project structure.

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Answer 1

You can create your asset subfolder in your main folder and then insert the .properties file in it.

Then, create a class to open and read the file, for example:

public class PropertiesReader { 

 private Context context;
 private Properties properties;
 public PropertiesReader(Context context) { 
  this.context = context;
   //creates a new object ‘Properties’
   properties = new Properties();

   public Properties getProperties(String FileName) {
   try {    
    //access to the folder ‘assets’ 
    AssetManager am = context.getAssets(); 
    //opening the file    
    InputStream inputStream = am.open(FileName); 
    //loading of the properties 
    properties.load(inputStream);
   } 
   catch (IOException e) { 
    Log.e("PropertiesReader",e.toString());
   }
  }
  return properties;
 } 
}

For more information, see http://pillsfromtheweb.blogspot.it/2014/09/properties-file-in-android.html