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.

The posted snippet works fine in eclipse, but it doesn't in Android Studio.

Code:

    Properties prop = new Properties();

    try {
        //load a properties file
        prop.load(new FileInputStream("app.properties"));

        //get the property value and print it out
        System.out.println(prop.getProperty("server_address"));

    } catch (IOException ex) {
        ex.printStackTrace();
    }

Question 1: Where to put my own properties files in Android Studio (v0.5.8)?

Question 2: How can I access them?

Answer 1

By default assets folder is placed in src/main/assets, if it does not exists create it.

Then you can access the file using something like this:

getBaseContext().getAssets().open("app.properties")

You can find more info about Gradle Android project structure here.

Answer 2

Create a subfolder in your main folder and name it assets. Place all your .properties files in this(assets) folder.

src->main->assets->mydetails.properties

You can access it using AssetManager class

public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {

TextView textView;
private PropertyReader propertyReader;
private Context context;
private Properties properties;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    context=this;
    propertyReader = new PropertyReader(context);
    properties = propertyReader.getMyProperties("mydetails.properties");
    textView = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.text);
    textView.setText(properties.getProperty("Name"));
    Toast.makeText(context, properties.getProperty("Designation"), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }
}


public class PropertyReader {

private Context context;
private Properties properties;

public PropertyReader(Context context){
    this.context=context;
    properties = new Properties();
}

public Properties getMyProperties(String file){
    try{
        AssetManager assetManager = context.getAssets();
        InputStream inputStream = assetManager.open(file);
        properties.load(inputStream);

    }catch (Exception e){
        System.out.print(e.getMessage());
    }

    return properties;
    }
}