posteritysystem
posteritysystem

Reputation: 1003

how to read text file from computer on android

I Have Simple Android Application to Read the text file from hard drive of computer .

So i used as ,

try 
    {           
        File myFile = new File("E:\\myFolder\\"+name);
        Log.i("Test", "Path = "+myFile.getAbsolutePath().toString());
        FileInputStream fIn = new FileInputStream(myFile);
        BufferedReader myReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(fIn));
        String aDataRow = "";
        while ((aDataRow = myReader.readLine()) != null) 
        {
            UpdateArray.add(aDataRow);
        }
        myReader.close();
        return UpdateArray;
    }
    catch (FileNotFoundException e) 
    {
        Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "File is Not Present at Location.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        return null;
    }
    catch (Exception e) 
    {
        Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "Something Went Wrong.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        return null;
    }

But it is "File is Not Present at Location." Toast.

Please Help me.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1199

Answers (1)

CommonsWare
CommonsWare

Reputation: 1007554

Your Android device has no access to your desktop computer by default, and it most certainly does not have Windows drive letters.

Upvotes: 1

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