Android Resources - RAW

Android also allows raw files in addition to arbitrary XML files. These raw resources, placed in /res/raw, are raw file resources such as audio, video, or text files that require localization or references through resource IDs.

String getStringFromRawFile(Activity activity)
throws IOException {
 Resources r = activity.getResources();
 InputStream is = r.openRawResource(R.raw.test);
 String myText = convertStreamToString(is);
 is.close();
 return myText;
}
String convertStreamToString(InputStream is)
throws IOException {
 ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
 int i = is.read();
 while (i != -1) {
  baos.write(i);
  i = is.read();
 }
 return baos.toString()
}