You can store the raw content in the raw folder and read using the below method..
1. Create a file in and Raw content
2. Create Method called readTextResource() in the util class
3. Use the below code to read the data
StringBuffer strBuffer = new StringBuffer();
InputStream inputStream = null;
try {
inputStream = owner.getResources().openRawResource(resourceId);
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream));
String str = br.readLine();
while (str != null) {
strBuffer.append(str);
str = br.readLine();
}
} catch (IOException e) {
} finally {
try {
if (inputStream != null) {
inputStream.close();
}
} catch (IOException e) {
}
}
4. Return the StringBuffer value.
5. If you need a html format, you can use the html util class
Html.fromHtml(text); - It returns Spanned instance.
Sample Code
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public class MainActivity extends Activity {
private Spanned mText = null;
private TextView mTextView;
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
mTextView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.sampleText);
if (mText == null) {
String text = readTextResource(R.raw.license, this);
mText = Html.fromHtml(text);
}
mTextView.setText(mText);
}
public String readTextResource(int resourceId, Activity owner) {
StringBuffer strBuffer = new StringBuffer();
InputStream inputStream = null;
try {
inputStream = owner.getResources().openRawResource(resourceId);
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream));
String str = br.readLine();
while (str != null) {
strBuffer.append(str);
str = br.readLine();
}
} catch (IOException e) {
} finally {
try {
if (inputStream != null) {
inputStream.close();
}
} catch (IOException e) {
}
}
return strBuffer.toString();
}
}