Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import android.content.Context; import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStreamReader; public class Main { /** * From http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9544737/read-file-from-assets */ public static String readAsset(Context context, String fileName) throws IOException { BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader( new InputStreamReader(context.getAssets().open(fileName), "UTF-8")); String line; StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder(); while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) stringBuilder.append(line + "\n"); reader.close(); return stringBuilder.toString(); } }