Android Question Problem with File.Exists in debug mode

[Andie]

When running in the debug mode the text file myList.txt is not found and the message box is displayed. In release mode there's no problem. I have no idea, why. Here's the code:

        If File.Exists(File.DirAssets, "myList.txt") Then
        Dim tr As TextReader
        tr.Initialize2(File.OpenInput(File.DirAssets, "myList.txt"), "ISO-8859-1")
        datalist = tr.ReadList
        tr.Close
Else
        Msgbox("myList.txt is missing","Attention!")
End If

 

[Erel]

In most cases it is a mistake to use TextReader or TextWriter. Use File.ReadList instead.

Why do you check whether the file exists? If you added it to the project then it will always be there.

 

[Andie]

Thanks, Erel. I skipped the File.Exists command - and it works fine.
I used TextReader instead of File.ReadList because of the German "Umlaute". After my opinion I cannot enable ISO-8859-1 in File.ReadList. But may be, I'm wrong ...

 

[DonManfred]

You should save the file in your assets using UTF8 Encoding....
If not specified B4A will use UTF8

 

[Andie]

You should save the file in your assets using UTF8 Encoding....
If not specified B4A will use UTF8

Yes - good idea. Thanks!