How to write files to assets folder or raw folder in android

Question

I am working on some application where I have to update some files present in assets   raw folder runtime from some http location   Can anyone help me to by sharing how to write files in assets or raw folder

User · Answer

You cannot write data s to asset Raw folder  since it is packed  apk  and not expandable in size   If your application need to download dependency files from server  you can go for APK Expansion Files provided by android  http   developer android com guide market expansion-files html

User · Answer

You Can t write JSON file while in assets  as already described assets are read-only  But you can copy assets  json file anything else in assets   to local storage of mobile and then edit write read  from local storage  More storage options like shared Preference for small data  and sqlite database for large data  are available

User · Answer

Another approach for same issue may help you Read and write file in private context of application                   String NOTE    note txt                      private void writeToFile             try            OutputStreamWriter out   new OutputStreamWriter openFileOutput                  NOTES  0              out write  testing             out close                        catch  Throwable t            Toast makeText this   Exception      t toString    2000  show                                          private void ReadFromFile                   try           InputStream in   openFileInput NOTES           if  in    null                InputStreamReader tmp   new InputStreamReader in               BufferedReader reader   new BufferedReader tmp               String str              StringBuffer buf   new StringBuffer                while   str   reader readLine       null                    buf append str     n                              in close                String temp    Not Working               temp   buf toString                Toast makeText this  temp  Toast LENGTH SHORT  show                    catch  java io FileNotFoundException e               that s OK  we probably haven t created it yet       catch  Throwable t            Toast makeText this   Exception      t toString    2000  show

User · Answer

It cannot be done  It is impossible

User · Answer

Why not update the files on the local file system instead  You can read write files into your applications sandboxed area   http   developer android com guide topics data data-storage html filesInternal  Other alternatives you may want to look into are Shared Perferences and using Cache Files  all described at the link above

[android] How to write files to assets folder or raw folder in android?

Examples related to android