I am using Navit since several years on different platforms.
With the version 0.5.4 armeabi-v7a+git:xdevxgitxnotxfound-
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I found no way to convince navit to use my navit.xml.
I tried many places. The android-device is rooted.
In the log it tells always: Processing config file 'navit.xml' from assets.
With version 0.5.3 my navit.xml works satisfactory.
Amendment:
Solved, at least it works with path
GT-I9100\Interner gemeinsamer Speicher\Android\data\org.navitproject.navit\files\navit.xml
Some thing is similar happened to me and I also searched a lot on net found something to fix it but I didn't but now after visiting this post I am able to fix it thanks for starting this topic.