read file from assets

Question

public class Utils {
    public static List getMessages() {
        //File file = new File(\"file:///android_asset/helloworld.txt\");
        AssetMan         


        

Answer 1

The Scanner class may simplify this.

        StringBuilder sb=new StringBuilder();
        Scanner scanner=null;
        try {
            scanner=new Scanner(getAssets().open("text.txt"));
            while(scanner.hasNextLine()){
                sb.append(scanner.nextLine());
                sb.append('\n');
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }finally {
            if(scanner!=null){try{scanner.close();}catch (Exception e){}}
        }
        mTextView.setText(sb.toString());