How can I read a text file in Android?

Try this :

I assume your text file is on sd card

    //Find the directory for the SD Card using the API//*Don't* hardcode "/sdcard"File sdcard = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();//Get the text fileFile file = new File(sdcard,"file.txt");//Read text from fileStringBuilder text = new StringBuilder();try {    BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));    String line;    while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {        text.append(line);        text.append('\n');    }    br.close();}catch (IOException e) {    //You'll need to add proper error handling here}//Find the view by its idTextView tv = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.text_view);//Set the texttv.setText(text.toString());

following links can also help you :

How can I read a text file from the SD card in Android?

How to read text file in Android?

Android read text raw resource file

If you want to read file from sd card. Then following code might be helpful for you.

 StringBuilder text = new StringBuilder();    try {    File sdcard = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();    File file = new File(sdcard,"testFile.txt");        BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));          String line;           while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {                    text.append(line);                    Log.i("Test", "text : "+text+" : end");                    text.append('\n');                    } }    catch (IOException e) {        e.printStackTrace();                        }    finally{            br.close();    }           TextView tv = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.amount);      tv.setText(text.toString()); ////Set the text to text view.  }    }

If you wan to read file from asset folder then

AssetManager am = context.getAssets();InputStream is = am.open("test.txt");

Or If you wan to read this file from res/raw foldery, where the file will be indexed and is accessible by an id in the R file:

InputStream is = getResources().openRawResource(R.raw.test);     

Good example of reading text file from res/raw folder

Put your text file in Asset Folder...& read file form that folder...

see below reference links...

http://www.technotalkative.com/android-read-file-from-assets/

http://sree.cc/google/reading-text-file-from-assets-folder-in-android

Reading a simple text file

hope it will help...