How to Open an InputStream

getAssets() was added in API Level 1
getAssets() - Retrieve underlying AssetManager storage for these resources.

1. Declare an InputStream named myInputStream.

2. In the MainActivity.java file, add the below statement to the imports section

import java.io.IOException;

3. Add the code below to the onCreate method. It must be wrapped in a try/catch/finally. Change mySQLiteDatabase.db to your file name. 

try { 
  myInputStream = this.getAssets().open("mySQLiteDatabase.db");
} catch (IOException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
    if (myInputStream != null) {
        try { 
            myInputStream.close();
        } catch (IOException e) { 
            e.printStackTrace();

        }
    }
}

4. Compile and run!

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