I am simply trying to add a .json file into my android studio project. Most of what I have run into has you create a folder and add it there but I want to simply move it over under app. Here Is my project image
I want to simply move it over under app
If you literally mean that you want to have app/something.json, you are welcome to put the file there, but it will not be packaged with your app, and it will not be available to you at runtime.
If you want to ship the JSON with your app, you have four major options:
Put it in
assets/and read it in usingAssetManagerand itsopen()method to get anInputStreamPut it in
res/raw/and read it in usingResourcesand itsopenRawResource()methodHardcode it as a string in Java code
Write yourself a code generator that converts JSON into a Java class that you would access like you do the code-generated
RandBuildConfigclasses
It is possible that such a code generator already exists. I have a rudimentary Gradle plugin that does this, as an example that I'll be including in the next update of my book.