Android Folder's File path

Question

I have a text file residing in a folder which is in the same directory as the 'src' folder. How can I read a text file stored in there?

I have already tried storing the file in assets, but since assets are not unzipped, it is inappropriate. Also, putting it in raw folder doesn't work. I need some way of getting an Inputstream object from the filename. Help will be appreciated.

You can read atext file from assets... who said you cant do this? — Nadeem Iqbal, Oct 20 '14 at 16:56
@njzk what will be the argument? I have tried with the relative path of the file. It doesn't work. — aceBox, Oct 20 '14 at 17:00
the absolute path in the `src` hierarchy. I used it once, the file was at the root, therefore I called `/file.txt`. — njzk2, Oct 20 '14 at 17:07
Call Assets manager to get an inputstream for a file in assets. — greenapps, Oct 20 '14 at 17:17
I was finally able to use assets (I was using scanner earlier, which was casuing the bug), but @greenapps, can you tell me does asset get unzipped? — aceBox, Oct 20 '14 at 17:20
These things will not be literal file system or java.io.File objects on the device, but they can still be accessed via things like subclasses of InputStream — Chris Stratton, Oct 20 '14 at 17:27
You could take some effort to supply a reasonable answer instead of a useless part of an url. — greenapps, Oct 22 '14 at 07:51
@greenapps An app is packed into an APK, along with assets, which means data is then read from then APK, which is not the textual data (according to the post) — aceBox, Oct 22 '14 at 13:25
That's no answer to the question `What do you mean by 'get unzipped'`. — greenapps, Oct 22 '14 at 14:05

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 21 '14 at 04:41

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Code:

AssetManager assetManager = getApplicationContext().getAssets();
InputStream ims = assetManager.open("Filename.txt");

answered Oct 21 '14 at 04:41

Nadeem Iqbal

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