Why when I import a Text File to my project it shows me an error?
I need the text file to read some info from it and display it on a ListView. Here is a screenshot of what I am talking about.
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2Put your text file in `raw` and make its extenstion to something (such as .txt). – A--C Jan 13 '13 at 01:08
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Ok .. I created a a folder called Raw. Dropped the text file there, now how can I reference to it on Java code? – Questions Jan 13 '13 at 01:15
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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4087674/android-read-text-raw-resource-file – A--C Jan 13 '13 at 01:24
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@A--C You are always helpful, I appreciate it. If you post your comment as an answer, I will check it. – Questions Jan 13 '13 at 01:27
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All data files in this directory must be XML format.
There are several kinds of data you can put here. See http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/more-resources.html for details.
For example:
res/values/strings.xml
<string name="prefs">Version</string>
would be referenced in Java code as
String version = context.getResources().getString(R.id.prefs);
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You cannot use a textile to fill a ListView, you should set it on strings.xml, add the String name and his value. @String can be stored and retrieved as resources.
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I do not know how to work with XML files. I do not want to confuse you, but this Text File contains an Html Code. I am planning to parse from it using Jsoup library. Do you understand what I am trying to do? – Questions Jan 13 '13 at 01:19
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To open raw resources, you need to use openRawResource().
For example, if you're in an Activity, you can open the raw text file as:
InputStream input = getResources().openRawResource(R.raw.textfile);
This returns an InputStream, which allows you to read from your file.
This SO question provides a nice code sample for basic reading of a raw text file.
