I need to load an xml file as String in android so I can load it to TBXML xml parser library and parse it. The implementation I have now to read the file as String takes around 2seconds even for a very small xml file of some KBs. Is there any known fast method that can read a file as string in Java/Android?
This is the code I have now:
public static String readFileAsString(String filePath) {
String result = "";
File file = new File(filePath);
if ( file.exists() ) {
//byte[] buffer = new byte[(int) new File(filePath).length()];
FileInputStream fis = null;
try {
//f = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(filePath));
//f.read(buffer);
fis = new FileInputStream(file);
char current;
while (fis.available() > 0) {
current = (char) fis.read();
result = result + String.valueOf(current);
}
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.d("TourGuide", e.toString());
} finally {
if (fis != null)
try {
fis.close();
} catch (IOException ignored) {
}
}
//result = new String(buffer);
}
return result;
}
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It's very easy if you use Kotlin:
val textFile = File(cacheDir, "/text_file.txt")
val allText = textFile.readText()
println(allText)
From readText()
docs:
Gets the entire content of this file as a String using UTF-8 or specified charset. This method is not recommended on huge files. It has an internal limitation of 2 GB file size.
With files we know the size in advance, so just read it all at once!
String result;
File file = ...;
long length = file.length();
if (length < 1 || length > Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
result = "";
Log.w(TAG, "File is empty or huge: " + file);
} else {
try (FileReader in = new FileReader(file)) {
char[] content = new char[(int)length];
int numRead = in.read(content);
if (numRead != length) {
Log.e(TAG, "Incomplete read of " + file + ". Read chars " + numRead + " of " + length);
}
result = new String(content, 0, numRead);
}
catch (Exception ex) {
Log.e(TAG, "Failure reading " + this.file, ex);
result = "";
}
}
You can use org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.toString(InputStream is, Charset chs)
to do that.
e.g.
IOUtils.toString(context.getResources().openRawResource(<your_resource_id>), StandardCharsets.UTF_8)
For adding the correct library:
Add the following to your app/build.gradle file:
dependencies { compile 'org.apache.directory.studio:org.apache.commons.io:2.4' }
or for the Maven repo see -> this link
For direct jar download see-> https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-io/download_io.cgi
this is working for me
i use this path
String FILENAME_PATH = "/mnt/sdcard/Download/Version";
public static String getStringFromFile (String filePath) throws Exception {
File fl = new File(filePath);
FileInputStream fin = new FileInputStream(fl);
String ret = convertStreamToString(fin);
//Make sure you close all streams.
fin.close();
return ret;
}
public static String readFileToString(String filePath) {
InputStream in = Test.class.getResourceAsStream(filePath);//filePath="/com/myproject/Sample.xml"
try {
return IOUtils.toString(in, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
} catch (IOException e) {
logger.error("Failed to read the xml : ", e);
}
return null;
}
Reworked the method set originating from -> the accepted answer
@JaredRummler An answer to your comment:
Won't this add an extra new line at the end of the string?
To prevent having a newline added at the end you can use a Boolean value set during the first loop as you will in the code example Boolean firstLine
public static String convertStreamToString(InputStream is) throws IOException {
// http://www.java2s.com/Code/Java/File-Input-Output/ConvertInputStreamtoString.htm
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is));
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
String line = null;
Boolean firstLine = true;
while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
if(firstLine){
sb.append(line);
firstLine = false;
} else {
sb.append("\n").append(line);
}
}
reader.close();
return sb.toString();
}
public static String getStringFromFile (String filePath) throws IOException {
File fl = new File(filePath);
FileInputStream fin = new FileInputStream(fl);
String ret = convertStreamToString(fin);
//Make sure you close all streams.
fin.close();
return ret;
}
Source: Stackoverflow.com