Where to put text files in directory in Android

Question

I have a text file i want to include in my Android application, it is not a string file it is a standard text file. It contains data that defines the characteristics of a \"

Answer 1

You have to put your file in the assets folder as Waqas said.

Now to access it you do it like that.

I give you an example using BufferedReader

BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(
                 new InputStreamReader(getAssets().open("YourTextFile.txt")));

Be careful. In my case, I don't know why for now, I cannot read text files bigger than ~1MB and I had to split them in multiple small files. It seems other had the same problem of file size but I didn't find any information about that on Android developer site. If any one knows more about this ....

FOLLOW UP

My problem with the 1MB was due to a know bug/limitation of earlier versions of Android. Since using recent versions of Android, that problem is not present anymore.

Answer 2

Use assets or raw folder in your android folders structure to keep that file. For more info read this