Where to store static pdf or general files while building an android app?

Question

I have a number of pdf files (but I might extend the functionality to other document types as well) that I want to show in my app. Static images go in drawable folder, static text goes in the strings file. But where do I put pdf files?

I know I can host it on a server and have a one-time-download kind of thing, but for my app's use case that's impossible. The app is being designed for a very specific use case in mind and I absolutely need to bundle the pdf files along with the app.

Answer 1

I'm answering my own question because other answers didn't fully work for me.

Like the other answers, I read the file from assets folder and created a file in internal storage. I used muPDF which works perfectly with file URI.

items is an ArrayList of file names.

try
{
    AssetManager assetManager = getAssets();
    InputStream in = assetManager.open(items.get(position));
    byte[] buffer = new byte[in.available()];
    in.read(buffer);
    File targetFile = new File(getFilesDir(), items.get(position));
    OutputStream outStream = new FileOutputStream(targetFile);
    outStream.write(buffer);
    in.close();
    outStream.flush();
    outStream.close();

    //Change below intent statements as per your code
    Intent intent = new Intent(this, DocumentActivity.class);
    intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
    intent.setData(Uri.fromFile(targetFile));
    startActivity(intent);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
    e.printStackTrace();
}