What's the best way to store and access XML in Android?

Question

While I realize resources themselves are defined in XML files, if I have an XML file of my own type that I wish to use, should I be storing them in "res/xml"?

Is there a better way to do this such as using assets and then loading them as binary to be parsed by another XML library?

Answer 1

I would go with adding the XML resource inside the res folder with the specific resource type. Its a convention that I have adapted to, having all my files in the same directory for organization.

If you add your XML file inside of res/xml it can be accessed anytime at run-time via Resources.getXML()