David wrote:
> Hey guys, I need some help with reading the contents of a file. I have
> a plaintext file called 'test' in my app's files/ directory. I have
> this code to read it:
>
> public String loadFile(String filename)
> {
> try
> {
> FileInputStream fis = openFileInput(filename);
> InputStreamReader in = new InputStreamReader
> (fis);
> String contents = "";
> in.read(contents.toCharArray());
> return contents;
> }
> catch(FileNotFoundException e)
> {
> e.printStackTrace();
> return null;
> } catch (IOException e) {
> e.printStackTrace();
> return null;
> }
> }
>
> I pass the filename to the function like this:
> String contents = "";
> contents = loadFile('test');
>
> But every time it returns nothing. I have tested it and it doesn't go
> into one of the catch es, but it apparently reads nothing from the
> file. What am I doing wrong?
Try following this example:
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