How to check Android Asset resource?

Question

I want to check, whether a file exists or not in the /assets/ folder. How could I do it? Please help.

score 12 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 28 '16 at 11:02

I added a helper method to one of my application classes. I'm assuming that;

the list of assets doesn't change while the app is running.
the List<String> isn't a memory hog (only 78 assets in my app).
checking exists() on the List is faster than trying to open a File and handle an exception (I haven't actually profiled this).

AssetManager am;
List<String> mapList;

/**
 * Checks if an asset exists.
 *
 * @param assetName
 * @return boolean - true if there is an asset with that name.
 */
public boolean checkIfInAssets(String assetName) {
    if (mapList == null) {
        am = getAssets();
        try {
            mapList = Arrays.asList(am.list(""));
        } catch (IOException e) {
        }
    }
    return mapList.contains(assetName);
}

`List.contains()` already returns boolean, no need for the ternary expression at the end of function. — Vytautas Šaltenis, Aug 11 '12 at 00:55

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 09 '11 at 19:10

You could also just try to open the stream, if it fails the file is not there and if it does not fail the file should be there:

/**
 * Check if an asset exists. This will fail if the asset has a size < 1 byte.
 * @param context
 * @param path
 * @return TRUE if the asset exists and FALSE otherwise
 */
public static boolean assetExists(Context context, String path) {
    boolean bAssetOk = false;
    try {
        InputStream stream = context.getAssets().open(ASSET_BASE_PATH + path);
        stream.close();
        bAssetOk = true;
    } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
        Log.w("IOUtilities", "assetExists failed: "+e.toString());
    } catch (IOException e) {
        Log.w("IOUtilities", "assetExists failed: "+e.toString());
    }
    return bAssetOk;
}

This solution much more faster, then getting the whole asset's folder as list, and check the containment. (I measured ~50ms vs ~800ms on my device) — azendh, Aug 01 '14 at 19:54

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 11 '10 at 10:25

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You can use Resources.openRawResourceFd(int resId)

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/res/Resources.html#openRawResourceFd%28int%29

answered Nov 11 '10 at 10:25

Hrk

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This doesn't give any method to check for file's existence. Thanks anyway. – Mudassir Nov 11 '10 at 10:30
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If the file doesn't exist, it will throw a NotFoundException. You can catch it and do what you want. – Hrk Nov 11 '10 at 10:46

Chromium · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-04T06:10:48.433

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You have to perform your own checks. As I know, there is no method for this job.

edited Jan 04 '11 at 06:10

answered Dec 13 '10 at 08:44

Chromium

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Understandable that there might not be a method for this, but if you can't provide an alternative then this shouldn't have been an answer. – Gowiem Jun 06 '12 at 16:30

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