reading c# binary files in java

Question

I have a program in C# .net which writes 1 integer and 3 strings to a file, using BinaryWriter.Write().

Now I am programming in Java (for Android, and

Answer 1

As its name implies, BinaryWriter writes in binary format. .Net binary format to be precise, and as java is not a .Net language, it has no way of reading it. You have to use an interoperable format.

You can choose an existing format, like xml or json or any other interop format.

Or you can create your own, providing your data is simple enough to make it this way (it seems to be the case here). Just write a string to your file (using a StreamWriter for instance), provided you know your string's format. Then read your file from java as a string and parse it.