Reading a plain text file

Question

I know this topic probably has been covered before but I cant find an answer to the my problem.
I have a file that contains some words I need to read.
It works normally on my desktop version, but wen I try to run on an emulator, I get java.io.FileNotFoundException - no file found .
I understand I have to load the file in a different way than the desktop.

Any help would be appreciated.

Here is the code for reading the file.

    String line;

        try {

            BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("words.txt"));
            if (!br.ready()) {
                throw new IOException();
            }
            while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
                words.add(line);
            }
            br.close();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println(e);
        }

but that doesn't work on Android!!

STILL NO SOLUTION!!

Answer 1

Assets are files on your development machine. They are not files on the device.

To get an InputStream on an asset, use open() on an AssetManager . You can get an AssetManager by calling getAssets() on your Activity , Service , or other Context .

Answer 2

You can reach a file from context in android.

Context Context;
AssetManager mngr = context.getAssets();
String line;
        try {

            BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(mngr.open("words.txt")));
            if (!br.ready()) {
                throw new IOException();
            }
            while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
                words.add(line);
            }
            br.close();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println(e);
        }

Or try this:

String line;
        try {

            BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(getApplicationContext().getAssets().open("words.txt")));
            if (!br.ready()) {
                throw new IOException();
            }
            while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
                words.add(line);
            }
            br.close();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println(e);
        }