How to reference a File in raw folder in Android
Generally you access the files through getResources().openRawResource(R.id._your_id). If you absolutely need a File reference to it, one option is to copy it over to internal storage: File file = new File(this.getFilesDir() + File.separator + “DefaultProperties.xml”); try { InputStream inputStream = resources.openRawResource(R.id._your_id); FileOutputStream fileOutputStream = new FileOutputStream(file); byte buf[]=new byte[1024]; int len; while((len=inputStream.read(buf))>0) { fileOutputStream.write(buf,0,len); } … Read more