Question

I have a method like this:

    public int getIncrement() {

    String extractFolder = "/mnt/sdcard/MyFolder";
    boolean newFolder = new File(extractFolder).mkdir();
    int counter = 0; 

    try {
        File root = new File(extractFolder); 
        if (root.canWrite()){
            File gpxfile = new File(root, "gpxfile.txt");
            FileWriter gpxwriter = new FileWriter(gpxfile);
            BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(gpxwriter);

            Scanner scanner = new Scanner(new FileInputStream(gpxfile.getAbsolutePath()), "UTF-8");
            Log.i("PATH: ", extractFolder + "/gpxfile.txt");

           while(scanner.hasNextLine()) {
               String inc = scanner.nextLine(); 
               counter = Integer.parseInt(inc);
               Log.i("INSIDE WHILE: ", Integer.toString(counter)); 
           }
            counter++;
            out.write(Integer.toString(counter));
            out.close();
        }
    } catch (IOException e) {
        Log.e("GEN_PCN: ", "Could not write file " + e.getMessage());
    }
    return counter;  
}

What I am trying to accomplish is returning the content of this file, and increment the integer by 1. But it seems that I can’t get in the while loop, because LogCat doesn’t print out anything. Yes, am sure that the path is correct.

Answer 1

I guess the constructor of FileWriter gpxwriter has already blanked out the file by the time the Scanner is created, so the file is empty and hasNextLine returns false. Why do you open a file for writing when you want to read it?