Reading a txt file and outputing as a TextView in Android

Question

I am trying to read a text file that is already saved in my directory and print it on the screen as a TextView. This is the code that I have so far. However, when I run the

Answer 1

If you want to keep a .txt file in your Project, you must locate it in the assets folder.
Then you can access it with AssetManger .
Read this topic on how to create your assets folder, and then use this code:

public class subActivity extends Activity {

private TextView textView;
private StringBuilder text = new StringBuilder();

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.text);
    BufferedReader reader = null;

    try {
        reader = new BufferedReader(
            new InputStreamReader(getAssets().open("inputNews.txt")));

        // do reading, usually loop until end of file reading  
        String mLine;
        while ((mLine = reader.readLine()) != null) {
            text.append(mLine);
            text.append('\n');
        }
    } catch (IOException e) {
        Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Error reading file!",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        e.printStackTrace();
    } finally {
        if (reader != null) {
        try {
            reader.close();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            //log the exception
        }
    }

    TextView output= (TextView) findViewById(R.id.summtext);
    output.setText((CharSequence) text);

 }
}