koobas.hobune.stream
Ho do I read a text file on Android (and iPhone)?
For our game, we save level data in XML. The files are serialised classes, and the system works fine on PC using C# classes such as XMLSerialiser and TextReader.
Now on android, I can't figure out how to get it to work on Android. The first problem seems that the files are simply not found (I have located them in Assets/Levels/, and just for interest sake, I also tested Assets/Resources/Levels/).
Any ideas?
I know about TextAsset, and that I can get a string through it via Resources.Load, which I can then parse (!!!). I am of course on the lookout for a method that works with C#'s parsing tools.
I ended up using the TextAsset, and then use a chain of readers etc., to get the serialized object. Here is the code for anyone interested:
//xml is a string containing XML (potentially from a TextAsset). public static T DeserializeString<T>(string xml) { XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T)); StringReader stringReader = new StringReader(xml); XmlTextReader xmlReader = new XmlTextReader(stringReader); T obj = (T) serializer.Deserialize(xmlReader);
xmlReader.Close();
stringReader.Close();
return obj;
}
