read file from assets

Question

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


        

Answer 1

In MainActivity.java

@Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        TextView tvView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tvView);

        AssetsReader assetsReader = new AssetsReader(this);
        if(assetsReader.getTxtFile(your_file_title)) != null)
        {
            tvView.setText(assetsReader.getTxtFile(your_file_title)));
        }
    }

Also, you can create separate class that does all the work

public class AssetsReader implements Readable{

    private static final String TAG = "AssetsReader";


    private AssetManager mAssetManager;
    private Activity mActivity;

    public AssetsReader(Activity activity) {
        this.mActivity = activity;
        mAssetManager = mActivity.getAssets();
    }

    @Override
    public String getTxtFile(String fileName)
    {
        BufferedReader reader = null;
        InputStream inputStream = null;
        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();

        try{
            inputStream = mAssetManager.open(fileName);
            reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream));

            String line;

            while((line = reader.readLine()) != null)
            {
                Log.i(TAG, line);
                builder.append(line);
                builder.append("\n");
            }
        } catch (IOException ioe){
            ioe.printStackTrace();
        } finally {

            if(inputStream != null)
            {
                try {
                    inputStream.close();
                } catch (IOException ioe){
                    ioe.printStackTrace();
                }
            }

            if(reader != null)
            {
                try {
                    reader.close();
                } catch (IOException ioe)
                {
                    ioe.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        }
        Log.i(TAG, "builder.toString(): " + builder.toString());
        return builder.toString();
    }
}

In my opinion it's better to create an interface, but it's not neccessary

public interface Readable {
    /**
     * Reads txt file from assets
     * @param fileName
     * @return string
     */
    String getTxtFile(String fileName);
}