Access resource files in Android

Question

I have a resource file in my /res/raw/ folder (/res/raw/textfile.txt) which I am trying to read from my android app for processing.

public static void main(String[] args) {      File file = new File("res/raw/textfile.txt");          FileInputStream fis = null;     BufferedInputStream bis = null;     DataInputStream dis = null;      try {       fis = new FileInputStream(file);       bis = new BufferedInputStream(fis);       dis = new DataInputStream(bis);        while (dis.available() != 0) {               // Do something with file           Log.d("GAME", dis.readLine());        }        fis.close();       bis.close();       dis.close();      } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {       e.printStackTrace();     } catch (IOException e) {       e.printStackTrace();     }   } 

I have tried different path syntax but always get a java.io.FileNotFoundException error. How can I access /res/raw/textfile.txt for processing? Is File file = new File("res/raw/textfile.txt"); the wrong method in Android?

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// Call the LoadText method and pass it the resourceId LoadText(R.raw.textfile);         public void LoadText(int resourceId) {     // The InputStream opens the resourceId and sends it to the buffer     InputStream is = this.getResources().openRawResource(resourceId);     BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is));     String readLine = null;          try {         // While the BufferedReader readLine is not null          while ((readLine = br.readLine()) != null) {             Log.d("TEXT", readLine);         }          // Close the InputStream and BufferedReader         is.close();         br.close();      } catch (IOException e) {         e.printStackTrace();     } } 

Note this will return nothing, but will print the contents line by line as a DEBUG string in the log.

Answer 1

If you have a file in res/raw/textfile.txt from your Activity/Widget call:

getResources().openRawResource(...) returns an InputStream

The dots should actually be an integer found in R.raw... corresponding to your filename, possibly R.raw.textfile (it's usually the name of the file without extension)

new BufferedInputStream(getResources().openRawResource(...)); then read the content of the file as a stream