Java tutorial
import android.os.Environment; import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity; import android.os.Bundle; import android.view.View; import android.widget.EditText; import android.widget.Toast; import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.FileNotFoundException; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStream; import java.io.InputStreamReader; public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity { private final String FILENAME = "testfile.txt"; EditText mEditText; @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); mEditText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText); } public boolean isExternalStorageWritable() { if (Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED.equals(Environment.getExternalStorageState())) { return true; } return false; } public boolean isExternalStorageReadable() { if (Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED.equals(Environment.getExternalStorageState()) || Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED_READ_ONLY.equals(Environment.getExternalStorageState())) { return true; } return false; } public void writeFile(View view) { if (isExternalStorageWritable()) { try { File textFile = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), FILENAME); FileOutputStream fileOutputStream = new FileOutputStream(textFile); fileOutputStream.write(mEditText.getText().toString().getBytes()); fileOutputStream.close(); } catch (java.io.IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); Toast.makeText(this, "Error writing file", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); } } else { Toast.makeText(this, "Cannot write to External Storage", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); } } public void readFile(View view) { if (isExternalStorageReadable()) { StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder(); try { File textFile = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), FILENAME); FileInputStream fileInputStream = new FileInputStream(textFile); if (fileInputStream != null) { InputStreamReader inputStreamReader = new InputStreamReader(fileInputStream); BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(inputStreamReader); String newLine = null; while ((newLine = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null) { stringBuilder.append(newLine + "\n"); } fileInputStream.close(); } mEditText.setText(stringBuilder); } catch (java.io.IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); Toast.makeText(this, "Error reading file", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); } } else { Toast.makeText(this, "Cannot read External Storage", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); } } }