Android path to asset txt file

Question

I\'m doing:

FileReader fin = new FileReader(\"file:///android_asset/myFile.txt\");

in an Android project and many variations. At runtime I get a

Answer 1

AssetFileDescriptor descriptor = getAssets().openFd("myfile.txt");
FileReader reader = new FileReader(descriptor.getFileDescriptor());

Try using the above with FileDescriptors. Seems to be the most foolproof way I've found to gather asset paths.