I've added in also the line FileInputStream fIn = openFileInput
("news.txt"); but I don't know what to do with it once I open it to be
able to display it in my TextView in a new screen.
On Mar 22, 3:59 pm, murphy <howt...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I'm using the code in this fashion:
>
> try{
>
> URL myURL = new URL("http://www.indulec.ie/weather.txt";);
>
> URLConnection conn = myURL.openConnection();
> conn.connect();
>
> BufferedReader is = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader
> (conn.getInputStream(), "UTF-8"));
>
> FileOutputStream fOut = openFileOutput("news.txt",
> MODE_WORLD_READABLE);
>
> OutputStreamWriter osw = new OutputStreamWriter(fOut,
> "UTF-8");
>
> String istr;
>
> while ((istr = is.readLine()) != null)
> osw.write(istr+"\n");
> osw.close();
>
> setContentView(R.layout.latestnews);
> String text = new String(istr);
> TextView tv = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.somenews);
> tv.setText(text);
> }
> catch ( IOException e )
> {
> Log.d(TAG, "Can not connect to the target server!" );
> try {
> throw new IOException();
> } catch (IOException e1) {
> // TODO Auto-generated catch block
> e1.printStackTrace();
> }
> }
>
> but I'm just getting an error saying the app has stopped unexpectedly.
> The whole setContentView() bit is wrong but i'm just not sure how to
> access the news.txt file once it has been saved in the devicesdata
> files.
>
> On Mar 22, 1:39 pm, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote:
>
> > murphy wrote:
> > > Thanks for the explanation. I found the files there alright so the
> > > code is working which is great. Now I need to access the files in the
> > > device to display their contents in a TextView in a screen. I've been
> > > trying to do something like this:
>
> > > String text = new String(istr);
> > > TextView tv = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.somenews);
> > > tv.setText(text);
> > > setContentView(R.layout.latestnews);
>
> > > but I'm not really sure how to do it.
>
> > setContentView() has to be called before findViewById(), assuming the
> > layout you define in setContentView() has the widgets you're trying to
> > access in findViewById().
>
> > --
> > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com
> > _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 2.0 Available!
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