Reading a textfile using InputStream

Question

How can I read a text file like in android app:

"1.something written 2.in this file 3.is to be read by 4.the InputStream ..." 

so I can be returned a string like:

"something written\nin this file\nis to be read by\nthe InputStream" 

what I thought of is(Pseudocode):

make an inputstream is = getAssest().open("textfile.txt");  //in try and catch for loop{ string = is.read() and if it equals "." (i.e. from 1., 2., 3. etc) add "/n" ... } 

Answer 1

try this

import android.app.Activity; import android.os.Bundle; import android.widget.Toast; import java.io.*;  public class FileDemo1 extends Activity {      @Override     public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);         setContentView(R.layout.main);         try {             playWithRawFiles();         } catch (IOException e) {             Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Problems: " + e.getMessage(), 1).show();         }     }      public void playWithRawFiles() throws IOException {               String str = "";         StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();                     InputStream is = this.getResources().openRawResource(R.drawable.my_base_data);         try {             BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is));             if (is != null) {                                             while ((str = reader.readLine()) != null) {                         buf.append(str + "\n" );                 }                             }         } finally {             try { is.close(); } catch (Throwable ignore) {}         }         Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), buf.toString(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();     } }