I have a working filereader for a text file in my Raw Dir. The user should see the text file in the same format as I have formatted it in word but when the application is played, the text file is tightly grouped together with no paragraphs.
This is the file reader method below, as I said it does work but I just want the format to be as I have made it.
Your advice and guidance will be greatly appricated
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle b) {
super.onCreate(b);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_support);
InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(this.getResources().openRawResource(R.raw.supporttext));
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr);
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
String s;
try{
while ((s = br.readLine()) != null){
sb.append(s);
}
}catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
TextView tv = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.supporttxt);
tv.setText(sb.toString());
From BufferedReader#readline
java doc :
A String containing the contents of the line, not including any line-termination characters
So using readline
strips the line-termination characters, that's why you do not see them in your Text View. You can add them back like this :
try{
while ((s = br.readLine()) != null){
sb.append(s);
sb.append("\n");
}
}catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
Also, you should probably use getText
instead of openRawResource