Android: Can TextView display contents of a text file (asset ot raw) using XML only?

Question

I will be having large text files (privacy statements, etc, probably no more than 100k) and I'd like to have them in either /assets or /raw folder, not in my @strings file.

Also, I'd like to load them in a text view from the xml, I know I can do it programmatically.

One way I know of is to extend the text view and declare a stylable attribute, parse it and do the stuff I need from the code behind.

But is there a native way in android to do that? Without me having to write the logic for it? It doesn't look like an uncommon case.

AFAIK It is not possible but You can place the text in Strings.xml,no matter how large is your text size — Pragnani, Mar 13 '13 at 10:13
Well, considering all things, I concluded a special resource xml file for every big text file(terms, privacy) would be a good enough approach - easily internationalizable and not obstructing or flooding the main strings.xml file. — George, Mar 13 '13 at 13:19

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 06 '16 at 10:14

To display file contents you can do it like this:"Codes" is a name of the directory and FILE_RECEIVE is name of file to be opened.

  InputStream ss;
    String code;
    String content = "";
    try{
        files = assetManager.list("Codes");
        ss=getAssets().open("Codes/"+FILE_RECEIVE);
        content= convert_to_String(ss);
    }
    catch (FileNotFoundException e)
    {
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }



public String convert_to_String(InputStream ss)
{

    BufferedReader bufferedReader=null;
    StringBuilder stringBuilder=new StringBuilder();
    String line;
    try{
        bufferedReader= new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(ss));
        while ((line=bufferedReader.readLine())!=null)
        {    stringBuilder.append("\n");
            stringBuilder.append(line);
        }
    }catch (IOException e){
        e.printStackTrace();
    } finally {
        if (bufferedReader != null) {
            try {
                bufferedReader.close();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    }
    return  stringBuilder.toString();

}

Android: Can TextView display contents of a text file (asset ot raw) using XML only?

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