read file from assets

Question

public class Utils {
    public static List getMessages() {
        //File file = new File(\"file:///android_asset/helloworld.txt\");
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Answer 1

Reading and writing files have always been verbose and error-prone. Avoid these answers and just use Okio instead:

public void readLines(File file) throws IOException {
  try (BufferedSource source = Okio.buffer(Okio.source(file))) {
    for (String line; (line = source.readUtf8Line()) != null; ) {
      if (line.contains("square")) {
        System.out.println(line);
      }
    }
  }
}

Answer 2

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());

Answer 3

Better late than never.

I had difficulties reading files line by line in some circumstances. The method below is the best I found, so far, and I recommend it.

Usage: String yourData = LoadData("YourDataFile.txt");

Where YourDataFile.txt is assumed to reside in assets/

 public String LoadData(String inFile) {
        String tContents = "";

    try {
        InputStream stream = getAssets().open(inFile);

        int size = stream.available();
        byte[] buffer = new byte[size];
        stream.read(buffer);
        stream.close();
        tContents = new String(buffer);
    } catch (IOException e) {
        // Handle exceptions here
    }

    return tContents;

 }

Answer 4

getAssets()

is only works in Activity in other any class you have to use Context for it.

Make a constructor for Utils class pass reference of activity (ugly way) or context of application as a parameter to it. Using that use getAsset() in your Utils class.

Answer 5

public String ReadFromfile(String fileName, Context context) {
    StringBuilder returnString = new StringBuilder();
    InputStream fIn = null;
    InputStreamReader isr = null;
    BufferedReader input = null;
    try {
        fIn = context.getResources().getAssets()
                .open(fileName, Context.MODE_WORLD_READABLE);
        isr = new InputStreamReader(fIn);
        input = new BufferedReader(isr);
        String line = "";
        while ((line = input.readLine()) != null) {
            returnString.append(line);
        }
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.getMessage();
    } finally {
        try {
            if (isr != null)
                isr.close();
            if (fIn != null)
                fIn.close();
            if (input != null)
                input.close();
        } catch (Exception e2) {
            e2.getMessage();
        }
    }
    return returnString.toString();
}

Answer 6

Using Kotlin, you can do the following to read a file from assets in Android:

try {
    val inputStream:InputStream = assets.open("helloworld.txt")
    val inputString = inputStream.bufferedReader().use{it.readText()}
    Log.d(TAG,inputString)
} catch (e:Exception){
    Log.d(TAG, e.toString())
}