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Android: Read a text file from resources

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put your text files into the res/raw folder.

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  1. static public String readStringFromResource(Context ctx, int resourceID) {
  2. 	    StringBuilder contents = new StringBuilder();
  3. 	    String sep = System.getProperty("line.separator");
  4.  
  5. 	    try {			
  6. 	      InputStream is = ctx.getResources().openRawResource(R.raw.trails);
  7.  
  8. 	      BufferedReader input =  new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is), 1024*8);
  9. 	      try {
  10. 	        String line = null; 
  11. 	        while (( line = input.readLine()) != null){
  12. 	          contents.append(line);
  13. 	          contents.append(sep);
  14. 	        }
  15. 	      }
  16. 	      finally {
  17. 	        input.close();
  18. 	      }
  19. 	    }
  20. 	    catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
  21. 	    	Log.e(TAG, "Couldn't find the file " + resourceID  + " " + ex);
  22. 	    	return null;
  23. 	    }
  24. 	    catch (IOException ex){
  25. 	    	Log.e(TAG, "Error reading file " + resourceID + " " + ex);
  26. 	    	return null;
  27. 	    }
  28.  
  29. 	    return contents.toString();
  30. 	  }

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