java - Read lines of a text file into an array -

i display new quote randomly every time launch app.in order thinking of using text file containing quotes, 1 @ each line.

i know in android studio should put text file , how can read text file , put each line array?

i found code looks make job doesn't seems work:

// set variables string filename = "myfriends.txt"; string line; arraylist alist = new arraylist();  //read lines of text arraylist  try { bufferedreader input = new bufferedreader(new filereader(filename)); if (!input.ready()) {     throw new ioexception() } while ((line = input.readline()) != null) {     alist.add(line); } input.close();              } catch (ioexception e) { system.out.println(e);     } 

thanks

solution: page helps lot : http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/string-resource.html#stringarray

string[] quotes = getresources().getstringarray(r.array.quotes_array); random randomgenerator = new random();  //construct new random number generator int randomnumber = randomgenerator.nextint(quotes.length); fact = quotes[randomnumber]; 

that's pretty non-android way of thinking of things.

consider using res/values/strings.xml store quotes, read random 1 there using getresources().getstringarray(r.string.quotes), generating random integer between 0 , size of array.

bonus of using resources - can use same identifiers, change quotes based on region.