Saving the text from an EditText

Question

I'm trying to save the text from an EditText, I got it working, but I don't think I'm doing it correctly. When I reopen it in my app it's fine, but when I pull it from the device and I open it in windows notepad I lose the line-breaks.

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        try {
            BufferedWriter buf = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(file, true));
            buf.append(cv.getText().toString());
            buf.close();
        } catch(IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

What's the correct way to save large EditText's full of text?

Windows uses `\r\n` as a line-break while Unix uses `\n`. – Eng.Fouad Feb 21 '12 at 01:27 — Eng.Fouad, Feb 21 '12 at 01:27

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 21 '12 at 01:24

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You're doing the right thing - the problem is that Notepad doesn't understand Unix line termination conventions.

Open the file in Wordpad, and you'll see it should be displayed correctly.

answered Feb 21 '12 at 01:24

RivieraKid

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Ok thanks! You're right. Is there anything I can do to correct it though? – bwoogie Feb 21 '12 at 01:27

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 21 '12 at 01:29

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Try buf.append(cv.getText().toString().replace("\n", "\r\n"); to make the linebreaks readable in Windows programs.

answered Feb 21 '12 at 01:29

koopaking3

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Saving the text from an EditText

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