Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import android.util.Log; import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStream; import java.io.InputStreamReader; public class Main { public static String readSingleLineFromFile(InputStream in, int lineNumber) { BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in)); String line = ""; try { for (int i = 0; i < lineNumber - 1; ++i) { br.readLine(); } line = br.readLine(); } catch (IOException e) { Log.e("LineParseError", "Could not read line"); } try { in.reset(); } catch (IOException e) { Log.e("LineParser", "Could not reset InputStream"); } return line; } }