Download a text file on Android [duplicate]

Answer 1

I did this. Just open a connection with your server (if it is a FTP server, just do it with FTPClient from the Apache commons). Get this connection setting up into a new AsyncTask<...,...,...> and place your connecting code into doInBackground(...). EDIT: I did it like this:

      FileOutputStream fos = activity.openFileOutput("temp.tmp", Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
      System.out.println(activity.getFilesDir().getAbsolutePath());
      client.enterLocalPassiveMode();
      client.changeToParentDirectory();
      client.changeWorkingDirectory("/dsct2c/" + username);
      client.retrieveFile(filename, fos);
      fos.close();
      publishProgress(activity.getString(R.string.toast_file_saved) + " " + filename);



      FileInputStream fis = activity.openFileInput("temp.tmp");
      InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(fis);
      BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr);

      String line = br.readLine();
      while(line != null)
      {
        publishProgress(line);
        System.out.println(line);
        line = br.readLine();
      }