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

This is the Kotlin version of the answer from above:

var text = ""
var reader: BufferedReader? = null

try {
    reader = BufferedReader(InputStreamReader(assets.open("inputNews.txt")))
    text = reader.readLines().joinToString("\n")
} catch (e: IOException) {
    Toast.makeText(applicationContext, "Error reading license file!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
    e.printStackTrace()
} finally {
    try {
        reader?.close()
    } catch (e: IOException) {
        //log the exception
        e.printStackTrace()
    }
    textView.text = text
}