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bwoogie
bwoogie

Reputation: 4427

Saving the text from an EditText

I'm trying to save the text from an EditText, I got it working, but I don't think I'm doing it correctly. When I reopen it in my app it's fine, but when I pull it from the device and I open it in windows notepad I lose the line-breaks.

...     
        try {
            BufferedWriter buf = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(file, true));
            buf.append(cv.getText().toString());
            buf.close();
        } catch(IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

What's the correct way to save large EditText's full of text?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 202

Answers (2)

koopaking3
koopaking3

Reputation: 3433

Try buf.append(cv.getText().toString().replace("\n", "\r\n"); to make the linebreaks readable in Windows programs.

Upvotes: 2

RivieraKid
RivieraKid

Reputation: 5961

You're doing the right thing - the problem is that Notepad doesn't understand Unix line termination conventions.

Open the file in Wordpad, and you'll see it should be displayed correctly.

Upvotes: 5

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