Android : How to read file in bytes?

Question

I am trying to get file content in bytes in Android application. I have get the file in SD card now want to get the selected file in bytes. I googled but no such success. Pl

Answer 1

If you want to use a the openFileInput method from a Context for this, you can use the following code.

This will create a BufferArrayOutputStream and append each byte as it's read from the file to it.

/**
 * 

 *     Creates a InputStream for a file using the specified Context
 *     and returns the Bytes read from the file.
 * 
 *
 * @param context The context to use.
 * @param file The file to read from.
 * @return The array of bytes read from the file, or null if no file was found.
 */
public static byte[] read(Context context, String file) throws IOException {
    byte[] ret = null;

    if (context != null) {
        try {
            InputStream inputStream = context.openFileInput(file);
            ByteArrayOutputStream outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();

            int nextByte = inputStream.read();
            while (nextByte != -1) {
                outputStream.write(nextByte);
                nextByte = inputStream.read();
            }

            ret = outputStream.toByteArray();

        } catch (FileNotFoundException ignored) { }
    }

    return ret;
}