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Reading JSON or text file in resource folder I am developing Kotlin app. I am trying to read text and JSON files which I stored in resource folder(res/raw/file.txt). Looking at the hierachy of app structure, I put absolute path(../../res/raw/file.txt) for file reader. Unfortunately, my app cannot find the file. Can you tell me how I can read files stored in res/raw? If I store file in wrong directory, can you tell me where to store and how to access them? Thanks 1 Answer 1 If you want to read a file from res/raw folder you can obtain InputStream by R.raw.yourfile id like this: res/raw InputStream R.raw.yourfile resources.openRawResource(R.raw.yourfile) Or you can open file by Uri: val uri = Uri.parse("android.resource://com.example.your_package/raw/yourfile") val file = File(uri.getPath()); Alternatevily you can put your files in assets/ folder and get InputStream like this: assets/ ...