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reading a specific file from sdcard in android

I’m trying to make a simple android app that basically imports a csv and inserts it to my database table. So far, I was able to read a csv file inside the res folder.

my sample csv file is named “test.csv” and is basically accessed through “InputStream is = this.getResources().openRawResource(R.drawable.test);”.

Here’s my sample code:

InputStream is = this.getResources().openRawResource
            (R.drawable.test);
                BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader
            (is));
                try {
                    String line;
                    String brand = "";
                    String model = "";
                    String type = "";

                    this.dh = new DataHelper(this);
                    //this.dh.deleteAllCar();
                    while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
                        // do something with "line"

                        String[] RowData = line.split(",");
                        brand = RowData[1];
                        model = RowData[2];
                        type = RowData[3];
                        this.dh = new DataHelper(this);
                        //this.dh.deleteAllCar();
                        this.dh.insertcsv(brand, model, type);
                    }
                }catch (IOException ex) {
                    // handle exception
                }finally {
                    try {
                        is.close();
                    }
                    catch (IOException e) {
                        // handle exception
                    }
                }

This works fine however, I want to be able to make a feature wherein the user can specify where to get the file(like from phone’s sdcard, etc). But for now, I wanted to know how to access the csv from sdcard(mnt/sdcard/test.csv).

Help will be highly appreciated! thanks and happy coding!

Answer 1

Reading a file from an SDCard has been covered on Stack Overflow previously.

Here’s the link:

• reading a specific file from sdcard in android