Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Apache License import android.content.res.Resources; import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStream; import java.io.InputStreamReader; public class Main { public static String getStringFromFile(Resources resources, String filePath) { try { InputStream is = resources.getAssets().open(filePath); String ret = convertStreamToString(is); is.close(); return ret; } catch (IOException e) { throw new RuntimeException("unable to load asset " + filePath); } } public static String convertStreamToString(InputStream is) throws IOException { BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is)); StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); String line; while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) { sb.append(line).append("\n"); } reader.close(); return sb.toString(); } }