Question

private void readRandomContacts() throws IOException 
{

BufferedReader bufRdr;
contacts = new ArrayList<Contacts>();

File randomContactsFile = new File("C:\randomContacts.csv");
try {
     bufRdr = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(randomContactsFile));
     String line = null;
     String[] a = new String[2];

        while ((line = bufRdr.readLine()) != null)
                {
                    a = line.split(",");
                    Contacts c = new Contacts(a[0], a[1], a[1], a[1], a[2]);
                    contacts.add(c);
                }

    } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
        Log.d("file not found", "check");
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

I cannot seem to make it find the file and randomContacts.csv does indeed exist in the C directory. Any help please?

Answer 1

Try with:

File randomContactsFile = new File("C:\\randomContacts.csv");
                                      ^^  these two are important

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