how to display quotes from .txt file to the activity

Question

I am just a beginner for android. My application consists of number of images displaying quotes(having same background) . Now what i am doing is i have saved the quotes in the .txt file and placed in /res/raw folder . I am trying to display these quotes from the file to the activity but not getting any result. Any suggestions.

what are u doing for this?. u can paste .txt file in assests for try alternatively. — Manmohan Badaya, Jan 25 '14 at 06:45
From assests u can easily read the file try a google search for this — Manmohan Badaya, Jan 25 '14 at 06:59
i tried putting in asset folder first and implementing this code — bhanu kaushik, Jan 25 '14 at 07:02
AssetManager am = context.getAssets(); InputStream is = am.open("test.txt"); — bhanu kaushik, Jan 25 '14 at 07:03
@BlackTigersir , i have no idea about the SQLite db ... by the time i am learning SQLite i am trying this — bhanu kaushik, Jan 25 '14 at 07:04

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 25 '14 at 06:48

Method to read from file:

  public byte[] readFileFromRaw(Context context, int fileId) throws IOException {
        Resources res = context.getResources();
        InputStream inputStream = res.openRawResource(fileId);

        int i = 0;
        while (inputStream.read() != -1) {
            i++;
        }

        inputStream.reset();
        byte[] b = new byte[i];
        inputStream.read(b);
        return b;
    }

Now you can use it in next way:

byte[] b = readFileFromRaw(this, R.raw.my_quotes);

If you need string just do that:

String quote = new String(b);

how to display quotes from .txt file to the activity

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