Android open text file to read after Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT

Question

The flow is:

1. The user needs to select text file for use and the default Android explorer whatever pops up.
2. Then I want to store string containing the

Answer 1

Step #1: Delete String filePathName = "WHAT TODO ?";

Step #2: Change LaterFunction(filePathName); to LaterFunction(uri);

Step #3: Change br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("WHAT TODO ?")); to br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(getContentResolver().openInputStream(uri));

That is the minimum necessary to address your question.

However, a MIME type of */* will match any type of file, not just text files. Binary files should not be copied using readLine(). If you only want plain text files, use text/plain instead of */*.