read Android raw resource file to Java string

raw-resource-to-string.java

private String getRawResource(int resource) {
  String res = null;
  InputStream is = getContext().getResources().openRawResource(resource);
  ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
  byte[] b = new byte[1];
  try {
    while ( is.read(b) != -1 ) {
      baos.write(b);
    };
    res = baos.toString();
    is.close();
    baos.close();
  } catch (IOException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
  }
  return res;
}