In SharePoint 2007, I remember, I could easily add a custom XML file (along with Feature.xml and Elements.xml) to a Feature in Visual Studio and get it deployed inside a Feature Folder. Thereafter, I could easily read this XML file from my Feature Activated event handler. Unfortunately, I can't get this working in SharePoint 2013. When I open the Feature, the Items in the Solution list box is not showing my XML file. I thought, I could easily add it to my feature once it showed there. I even tried opening the Feature Manifest in XML Editor (Advanced) and tried to add this as an ElementFile or ElementManifest. But if I try this, it is again looking for this file inside the Feature folder (which I am unable to add this file to) and hence it is not deploying properly. Can anyone please help? I don't want to deploy it anywhere else like Layouts, but only inside my custom feature folder. Also, I don't want to use a Module here.
Note: It is an empty feature, which I have in my project, which only has a Feature receiver. I want to be able to deploy the XML file through this feature, into the feature folder. Also, it is an existing feature. Please bear in mind that, there are other features also in the project. But I want the XML to be deployed only through this feature and into the folder for this feature only.
Ven