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user2380151
user2380151

Reputation: 151

How i can use the text file

i want to read the text file and show it on edit-text but I don't know where to place the text file in project and after that, how can I call the text file for read and write purposes?

I am getting the error No such file or directory.

This is what i have done so far:

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
     txtEditor=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.textbox);
     readTextFile("test.txt");

}

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
    return true;
}
public String readTextFile(String fileName) {

      String returnValue = "";
      FileReader file = null;

      try {
        file = new FileReader(fileName);
        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(file);
        String line = "";
        while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
          returnValue += line + "\n";
        }
        txtEditor.setText(reader.toString());
      } catch (Exception e) {
          throw new RuntimeException(e);
      } finally {
        if (file != null) {
          try {
            file.close();
          } catch (IOException e) {
            // Ignore issues during closing 
          }
        }
      }
      return returnValue;
    }

Upvotes: 0

Views: 51

Answers (1)

Alexis C.
Alexis C.

Reputation: 93842

Since you provided no path for the text file. You have to place it at the root of your project.

You should remove the line txtEditor.setText(reader.toString()); in the method readTextFile for two reasons :

  • reader.toString() won't give you the text contained in the reader but it will prints the memory address of the object (getClass().getName() + '@' + Integer.toHexString(hashCode()) because the toString() method is direclty inherited from the Object class.

  • the method already returns the text contained in the file.

So create a variable that holds this string and set it to the EditText.

String text = readTextFile("test.txt");    
txtEditor.setText(text);

Upvotes: 1

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