I’m writing a .NET MAUI app that loads Bible verses from a text file. Works fine when running on Windows, but the text file doesn’t appear when running the app in the Android Emulator, even though I have the text file’s Copy to output directory option set to Copy always. Instead, once the build finishes I get a TargetInvocationException because the file doesn’t appear in the App Data Directory. How do I make sure the file is in the right place when running the app on Android?

I have this piece of code for loading the file:

                    string filePath = Path.Combine(FileSystem.Current.AppDataDirectory, "erv.txt");

                    Console.WriteLine(filePath);
                    if (!File.Exists(filePath)) {
                        throw new FileNotFoundException("erv.txt not found", filePath);
                    }

                    using (StreamReader sr = File.OpenText(filePath))

I tried adding this piece of code to the project file

    <Content Include="Resourceserv.txt">
      <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
    </Content>

But it seems to make no difference.