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copy a rar file from assets folder to external card

I am trying to copy two files from assets folder to external storage, one is a text based and another one is a rar file(60 kb). But when i open the rar file in file manager, it says "wrong header". The size of the rar file which i get is 16kb.
private void copyAsset() {
AssetManager assetManager = getAssets();
InputStream in = null;
OutputStream out = null;
try {
in = assetManager.open(SKETCH_FILE);
File root = android.os.Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();
File dir = new File(root.getAbsolutePath() + "/Ardumation");
if (!dir.exists()) {
//System.out.println("creating directory: " + directoryName);
dir.mkdir();
}
//File outFile = new File(getExternalFilesDir(null), SKETCH_FILE);
File sketchFile = new File(dir, SKETCH_FILE);
File libraryFile = new File(dir, LIBRARY_FILE);
if (!sketchFile.exists()){
out = new FileOutputStream(sketchFile);
copyFile(in, out);
}
if (!libraryFile.exists()){
out = new FileOutputStream(libraryFile);
copyFile(in, out);
}
} catch(IOException e) {
Log.e(TAG, "Failed to copy asset file: ", e);
}
finally {
if (in != null) {
try {
in.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
// NOOP
}
}
if (out != null) {
try {
out.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
// NOOP
}
}
}
}
private void copyFile(InputStream in, OutputStream out) throws IOException {
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
int read;
while((read = in.read(buffer)) != -1){
out.write(buffer, 0, read);
}
}
Now what is wrong..?

how can i copy file in data directory

i want to copy file from asset to other application data directory.i have also given root acess to it.but this code doesn't work.its work on extenal storage directory .but not copy file in data directory..
public void onClick(View arg1){
String command[] = { "su", "-c", "ls", "/data" };
Shell shell = new Shell();
String text = shell.sendShellCommand(command);
if (new File((Object)Environment.getDataDirectory() + "/data/com.my/shared_pref/com.myxml").exists()) {
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"copied",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
MainActivity.this.copyAssets();
}
else{
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"error! copy failed ",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
private void copyAssets()
{
AssetManager assetManager = getAssets();
String[] files = null;
InputStream in = null;
OutputStream out = null;
String filename =
"com.my.xml" ;
try
{
in = assetManager.open( filename);
out = new FileOutputStream((Environment.getDataDirectory().toString() +"/data/com.my/shared_pref/" + filename));
copyFile(in, out);
in.close();
in = null;
out.flush();
out.close();
out = null;
}
catch (IOException e)
{
Log. e ( "tag" , "Failed to copy asset file: " , e);
}
}
private void copyFile(InputStream in, OutputStream out) throws IOException
{
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
int read;
while ((read = in.read(buffer)) != -1)
{
out.write(buffer, 0, read);
}
}
if anyone knows how to do it?
Pleaase suggest me.!!
Thanks.!!

This is exactly what you need. This code copies sample.apk from assets to the application data directory. You can change the path to anywhere you want.
private String copyAssets() {
AssetManager assetManager = getActivity().getAssets();
InputStream in = null;
OutputStream out = null;
String filename = "sample.apk";
String path = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()
+ "/Android/data/"
+ getActivity().getPackageName()
+ "/files";
try {
in = assetManager.open("files/" + filename);
File outFile = new File(path);
if (!outFile.exists()) {
outFile.mkdirs();
}
out = new FileOutputStream(outFile + "/" + filename);
copyFile(in, out);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
if (in != null) {
try {
in.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
if (out != null) {
try {
out.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
return path + "/" + filename;
}
private void copyFile(InputStream in, OutputStream out) throws IOException {
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
int read;
while ((read = in.read(buffer)) != -1) {
out.write(buffer, 0, read);
}
}

Use this code. I used this code in my project, Got it on net somewhare, it works.
private void copyDataBase() throws IOException
{
//Open your local db as the input stream
InputStream myInput = _context.getAssets().open(DB_NAME);
// Path to db
String outFileName = DB_PATH + DB_NAME;
//Open the empty db as the output stream
OutputStream myOutput = new FileOutputStream(outFileName);
//transfer bytes from the inputfile to the outputfile
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
int length;
while ((length = myInput.read(buffer))>0)
{
myOutput.write(buffer, 0, length);
}
//Close the streams
myOutput.flush();
myOutput.close();
myInput.close();
}

Reading xml content in android

I have an xml file in my Android project.
It contains a simple list of employee ids.
I want to read the below xml content.
I placed this file in res/raw/
saplist.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<EMPNOLIST>
<EMPID>“12345”</EMPID>
<EMPID>“23456”</EMPID>
<EMPID>“34567”</EMPID>
</EMPNOLIST>
Code to read it
{
// Load XML for parsing.
AssetManager assetManager = getAssets();
InputStream inputStream = null;
try {
inputStream = assetManager.open("saplist.xml");
} catch (IOException e) {
Log.e("tag", e.getMessage());
}
String s = readTextFile(inputStream);
Log.e("FMApp: ", s);
}
private String readTextFile(InputStream inputStream) {
ByteArrayOutputStream outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
byte buf[] = new byte[1024];
int len;
try {
while ((len = inputStream.read(buf)) != -1) {
outputStream.write(buf, 0, len);
}
outputStream.close();
inputStream.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
}
return outputStream.toString();
}
This code doesn't read the xml content.
Instead, it crashes.
Could someone help me on how to read such a simple xml?

You can check http://developer.android.com/training/basics/network-ops/xml.html to read xml data.

You first closed the outputStream and then returned outputStream.toString() that isn't going to work.
private String readTextFile(InputStream inputStream) {
String result = null;
ByteArrayOutputStream outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
byte buf[] = new byte[1024];
int len;
try {
while ((len = inputStream.read(buf)) != -1) {
outputStream.write(buf, 0, len);
}
result = outputStream.toString()
outputStream.close();
inputStream.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
}
return result;
}

Unzip Folder in Android

I try to make an app that show 100 pictures.
I want to zip folder of photos and then put it on my project.
now i need to understand How can copy a zip folder to internal storage,And then unzip it in android?

You can include your .zip file on Assets folder of apk, and them on code, copy the .zip to internal storage and unzipping using a ZipInputStream.
First copy de .zip file to internal storage, and after unzip a file:
protected void copyFromAssetsToInternalStorage(String filename){
AssetManager assetManager = getAssets();
try {
InputStream input = assetManager.open(filename);
OutputStream output = openFileOutput(filename, Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
copyFile(input, output);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
private void unZipFile(String filename){
try {
ZipInputStream zipInputStream = new ZipInputStream(openFileInput(filename));
ZipEntry zipEntry;
while((zipEntry = zipInputStream.getNextEntry()) != null){
FileOutputStream zipOutputStream = openFileOutput(zipEntry.getName(), MODE_PRIVATE);
int length;
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
while((length = zipInputStream.read(buffer)) > 0){
zipOutputStream.write(buffer, 0, length);
}
zipOutputStream.close();
zipInputStream.closeEntry();
}
zipInputStream.close();
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
private void copyFile(InputStream in, OutputStream out) throws IOException {
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
int read;
while((read = in.read(buffer)) != -1){
out.write(buffer, 0, read);
}
}

Copying a file to sdcard

I'm desperately trying to copy a file to the sdcard from my raw folder, but it won't work! The file just doesn't show up in the file manager, and the program I give the path to (via an intent) can't find it either. This is what I'm trying...
private void CopyAssets() throws IOException {
String path = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/jazz.pdf";
InputStream in = getResources().openRawResource(R.raw.jazz);
FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(path);
byte[] buff = new byte[1024];
int read = 0;
try {
while ((read = in.read(buff)) > 0) {
out.write(buff, 0, read);
}
} finally {
in.close();
out.close();
}
}
After which I try...
try {
CopyAssets();
} catch (IOException e1) {
e1.printStackTrace();
}
String aux = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/jazz.pdf";
Uri path = Uri.parse(aux);
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
intent.setDataAndType(path, "application/pdf");
intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
try {
startActivity(intent);
} catch (ActivityNotFoundException e) {
Toast.makeText(bgn1.this, "No Application Available to View PDF",
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}

Just write out.flush(); in finally block and let me know what happen,
finally {
out.flush();
in.close();
out.close();
}
Update:
Working code:
private void CopyAssets() throws IOException
{
InputStream myInput = getResources().openRawResource(R.raw.jazz);
String outFileName = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/jazz.pdf";
OutputStream myOutput = new FileOutputStream(outFileName);
// transfer bytes from the input file to the output file
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
int length;
while ((length = myInput.read(buffer)) > 0)
{
myOutput.write(buffer, 0, length);
}
// Close the streams
myOutput.flush();
myOutput.close();
myInput.close();
}
}