How I get the asset file path as String?

Question

hi i want the path to a file in my android assets folder.

How I get the path as String?

I try with :

String path = getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("file:///android_asset//psp.pdf").getPath();

I need the path as String.

possible answer http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8474821/how-to-get-the-android-path-string-to-a-file-on-assets-folder . tl;dr, it's not possible. — Nikita Shaposhnik, Mar 09 '17 at 11:40
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4820816/how-to-get-uri-from-an-asset-file — IntelliJ Amiya, Mar 09 '17 at 11:42
Possible duplicate of [How to get the android Path string to a file on Assets folder?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8474821/how-to-get-the-android-path-string-to-a-file-on-assets-folder) — Akshay Tilekar, Mar 09 '17 at 11:43

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 09 '17 at 11:53

The only ways to access an asset are:

Via open() on AssetManager, in which case your path is psp.pdf
Via file:///android_asset/ in WebView, in which case your path is file:///android_asset/psp.pdf

An asset is neither a file on a filesystem nor something that you get from a ClassLoader.

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