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ravi tiwari
ravi tiwari

Reputation: 531

Copying files into asset folder in android

I couldn't find any way to copy some files into asset folder in android. I have to read one file over internet and save it into asset folder in android. All the examples/tutorials talk about copying files from asset folder but none talks about the other way round.

I will appreciate any example for this. Thanks in advance.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 4130

Answers (3)

Anuruddha Hettiarachchi
Anuruddha Hettiarachchi

Reputation: 94

You cannot modify assets after installing apk into your device. Why? When you install your app into your device, all the resources including src, assets, libs, res etc. are sort of archived into an APK file. APK file can be thought of as a RAR or ZIP file. Just like you can't modify a RAR after archiving, you can't modify APK.

All you have to do is get a pointer to external storage (SDcard) or internal storage (Downloads folder) and use it to save files you download.

Example:

/*Using external directory*/

String folder = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath();
String fileName = "youfilename";
OutputStream output = new FileOutputStream(folder + "\" + fileName);

/*whenever you read input from url (inside the while loop)*/
output.write(bytearray, offset, bytecount)

Upvotes: 1

Prakhar
Prakhar

Reputation: 2310

You can't copy files to assets folder after installing the app.You have to copy files you want to use in assets folder beforehands.There is only one way you can download them External or Enternal Storage. If u do not know how to download files.

1) This

Upvotes: 0

CommonsWare
CommonsWare

Reputation: 1006614

You cannot modify assets -- including adding or removing them -- at runtime. You are welcome to store your downloaded files on internal storage or external storage.

Upvotes: 3

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