Android : retrieve Custom properties from Deploy.properties or manifest.xml - android

Team,
I would like to know, whether we can add custom configurations in Manifest or deploy properties? If yes, please provide examples.
thanks,
Ramesh


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try {
Resources resources = this.getResources();
// Check generated R file for name oy your resource
InputStream rawResource = resources.openRawResource(R.raw.resourceFileName);
Properties properties = new Properties();
properties.load(rawResource);
System.out.println("The properties are now loaded");
System.out.println("properties: " + properties);
} catch (NotFoundException e) {
System.err.println("Did not find raw resource: "+e);
} catch (IOException e) {
System.err.println("Failed to open property file");
}
Source: http://myossdevblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/reading-properties-files-on-android.html

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