Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Open Source License import android.content.Context; import android.content.res.AssetManager; import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStream; import java.io.InputStreamReader; public class Main { public static String getJsonAsString(String filename, Context context) throws IOException { AssetManager manager = context.getAssets(); StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder(); InputStream json = manager.open(filename); BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(json, "UTF-8")); String str; while ((str = in.readLine()) != null) { buf.append(str); } in.close(); return buf.toString(); } }