Android: how do I create File object from asset file?

Question

I have a text file in the assets folder that I need to turn into a File object (not into InputStream). When I tried this, I got \"no such file\" exception:

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Answer 1

You cannot get a File object directly from an asset, because the asset is not stored as a file. You will need to copy the asset to a file, then get a File object on your copy.

Answer 2

You cannot get a File object directly from an asset.

First, get an inputStream from your asset using for example AssetManager#open

Then copy the inputStream :

    public static void writeBytesToFile(InputStream is, File file) throws IOException{
    FileOutputStream fos = null;
    try {   
        byte[] data = new byte[2048];
        int nbread = 0;
        fos = new FileOutputStream(file);
        while((nbread=is.read(data))>-1){
            fos.write(data,0,nbread);               
        }
    }
    catch (Exception ex) {
        logger.error("Exception",ex);
    }
    finally{
        if (fos!=null){
            fos.close();
        }
    }
}

Answer 3

This function missing in code. @wadali

private void copyFile(InputStream in, OutputStream out) throws IOException {
    byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
    int read;
    while((read = in.read(buffer)) != -1){
      out.write(buffer, 0, read);
    }
}

Source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/4530294/4933464