diff --git a/tools/aapt2/configuration/ConfigurationParser.cpp b/tools/aapt2/configuration/ConfigurationParser.cpp
index 89618d3..303a809 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/configuration/ConfigurationParser.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/configuration/ConfigurationParser.cpp
@@ -21,10 +21,13 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <utility>
 
+#include <android-base/file.h>
 #include <android-base/logging.h>
 
 #include "ConfigDescription.h"
 #include "Diagnostics.h"
+#include "io/File.h"
+#include "io/FileSystem.h"
 #include "util/Util.h"
 #include "xml/XmlActionExecutor.h"
 #include "xml/XmlDom.h"
@@ -42,6 +45,8 @@
 using ::aapt::configuration::GlTexture;
 using ::aapt::configuration::Group;
 using ::aapt::configuration::Locale;
+using ::aapt::io::IFile;
+using ::aapt::io::RegularFile;
 using ::aapt::util::TrimWhitespace;
 using ::aapt::xml::Element;
 using ::aapt::xml::FindRootElement;
@@ -49,6 +54,7 @@
 using ::aapt::xml::XmlActionExecutor;
 using ::aapt::xml::XmlActionExecutorPolicy;
 using ::aapt::xml::XmlNodeAction;
+using ::android::base::ReadFileToString;
 
 const std::unordered_map<std::string, Abi> kAbiMap = {
     {"armeabi", Abi::kArmeV6},
@@ -96,6 +102,17 @@
 
 }  // namespace
 
+
+
+/** Returns a ConfigurationParser for the file located at the provided path. */
+Maybe<ConfigurationParser> ConfigurationParser::ForPath(const std::string& path) {
+  std::string contents;
+  if (!ReadFileToString(path, &contents, true)) {
+    return {};
+  }
+  return ConfigurationParser(contents);
+}
+
 ConfigurationParser::ConfigurationParser(std::string contents)
     : contents_(std::move(contents)),
       diag_(&noop_) {
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/configuration/ConfigurationParser.h b/tools/aapt2/configuration/ConfigurationParser.h
index 0fb2f71..8b9c085 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/configuration/ConfigurationParser.h
+++ b/tools/aapt2/configuration/ConfigurationParser.h
@@ -142,18 +142,16 @@
  */
 class ConfigurationParser {
  public:
+
+  /** Returns a ConfigurationParser for the file located at the provided path. */
+  static Maybe<ConfigurationParser> ForPath(const std::string& path);
+
   /** Returns a ConfigurationParser for the configuration in the provided file contents. */
   static ConfigurationParser ForContents(const std::string& contents) {
     ConfigurationParser parser{contents};
     return parser;
   }
 
-  /** Returns a ConfigurationParser for the file located at the provided path. */
-  static ConfigurationParser ForPath(const std::string& path) {
-    // TODO: Read XML file into memory.
-    return ForContents(path);
-  }
-
   /** Sets the diagnostics context to use when parsing. */
   ConfigurationParser& WithDiagnostics(IDiagnostics* diagnostics) {
     diag_ = diagnostics;
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/configuration/ConfigurationParser_test.cpp b/tools/aapt2/configuration/ConfigurationParser_test.cpp
index 72a97b2..8421ee3 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/configuration/ConfigurationParser_test.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/configuration/ConfigurationParser_test.cpp
@@ -130,6 +130,11 @@
   StdErrDiagnostics diag_;
 };
 
+TEST_F(ConfigurationParserTest, ForPath_NoFile) {
+  auto result = ConfigurationParser::ForPath("./does_not_exist.xml");
+  EXPECT_FALSE(result);
+}
+
 TEST_F(ConfigurationParserTest, ValidateFile) {
   auto parser = ConfigurationParser::ForContents(kValidConfig).WithDiagnostics(&diag_);
   auto result = parser.Parse();
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/configuration/example/config.xml b/tools/aapt2/configuration/example/config.xml
index a8360f8..ce31e61 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/configuration/example/config.xml
+++ b/tools/aapt2/configuration/example/config.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
-<post-process xmlns="http://schemas.android.com/tools/aapt2">
+<post-process xmlns="http://schemas.android.com/tools/aapt">
   <groups>
     <abi-group label="arm">
       <abi>armeabi-v7a</abi>