read file from assets

Question

public class Utils {
    public static List<Message> getMessages() {
        //File file = new File("file:///android_asset/helloworld.txt");
        AssetManager assetManager = getAssets();
        InputStream ims = assetManager.open("helloworld.txt");    
     }
}

I am using this code trying to read a file from assets. I tried two ways to do this. First, when use File I received FileNotFoundException, when using AssetManager getAssets() method isn't recognized. Is there any solution here?

Answer 1

AssetManager assetManager = getAssets();
InputStream inputStream = null;
try {
    inputStream = assetManager.open("helloworld.txt");
}
catch (IOException e){
    Log.e("message: ",e.getMessage());
}

Answer 2

Using Kotlin, you can do the following to read a file from assets in Android:

try {
    val inputStream:InputStream = assets.open("helloworld.txt")
    val inputString = inputStream.bufferedReader().use{it.readText()}
    Log.d(TAG,inputString)
} catch (e:Exception){
    Log.d(TAG, e.toString())
}