How can I read a text file in Android?

Question

I want to read the text from a text file. In the code below, an exception occurs (that means it goes to the catch block). I put the text file in the applicati

Answer 1

If you want to read file from sd card. Then following code might be helpful for you.

 StringBuilder text = new StringBuilder();
    try {
    File sdcard = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();
    File file = new File(sdcard,"testFile.txt");

        BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));  
        String line;   
        while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
                    text.append(line);
                    Log.i("Test", "text : "+text+" : end");
                    text.append('\n');
                    } }
    catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();                    

    }
    finally{
            br.close();
    }       
    TextView tv = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.amount);  

    tv.setText(text.toString()); ////Set the text to text view.
  }

    }

If you wan to read file from asset folder then

AssetManager am = context.getAssets();
InputStream is = am.open("test.txt");

Or If you wan to read this file from res/raw foldery, where the file will be indexed and is accessible by an id in the R file:

InputStream is = getResources().openRawResource(R.raw.test);     

Good example of reading text file from res/raw folder