Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.FileNotFoundException; import java.io.IOException; public class Main { public static String readTextFromSDcard(String fileName) { File file = new File(fileName); if (!file.exists()) { return null; } try { FileInputStream fileInputStream = new FileInputStream(file); int availableLength = fileInputStream.available(); byte[] buffer = new byte[availableLength]; fileInputStream.read(buffer); fileInputStream.close(); return new String(buffer, "UTF-8"); } catch (FileNotFoundException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return null; } }