Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import android.content.res.Resources; import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.Closeable; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStreamReader; public class Main { public static CharSequence readFile(Resources resources, int id) { BufferedReader in = null; try { in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(resources.openRawResource(id)), 8192); String line; StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder(); while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) { buffer.append(line).append('\n'); } // Chomp the last newline if (buffer.length() > 0) { buffer.deleteCharAt(buffer.length() - 1); } return buffer; } catch (IOException e) { return ""; } finally { closeStream(in); } } public static CharSequence readFile(Resources resources, String filename) { return readFile(resources, resources.getIdentifier(filename, null, null)); } /** * Closes the specified stream. * * @param stream The stream to close. */ private static void closeStream(Closeable stream) { if (stream != null) { try { stream.close(); } catch (IOException e) { // Ignore } } } }