Android: path of assets folder for File()?

Question

I have some files in the assets folder of my project, and I want to list them, so I put this in my code:

File dir = new File("com.packagename/assets/fonts");
File[] fileList = dir.listFiles();

Which path should I put to make it work? I want it so users could install new fonts (I don`t know how to do this yet) so I need to list all the fonts in the folder, including post-installed fonts. If there is any other solutions, please share.

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– John, Commented Nov 14, 2012 at 17:41

Jeremy Lyman · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-14 17:29:26Z

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Assets and resources are accessible using file:///android_asset and file:///android_res.

But in this case you will want to do something like this :

Resources res = getResources()
AssetManager am = res.getAssets();
String fileList[] = am.list(dirFrom);

if (fileList != null) {   
   for ( int i = 0;i<fileList.length;i++) {
        Log.d("",fileList[i]); 
    }
}

answered Nov 14, 2012 at 17:29

Jeremy Lyman

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user1822613 Over a year ago

are you sure the resources part is required?? i did something similar without it and it worked

Jeremy Lyman Over a year ago

It's a directory string such as "images" where you're searching for your assets.

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