A simple util to help convert an InputStream into a String. Useful for parsing JSON files from the asset folder. Based on an example at http://thedevelopersinfo.com/2009/11/17/using-assets-in-android/

TextFileUtil.java

package com.gamecook.cigarsmuggler.utils;

import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

/**
 * User: Jesse Freeman
 * Date: 1/30/11
 * Time: 9:11 AM
 */
public class TextFileUtil
{
    /**
	 * This method reads simple text file
	 * @param inputStream
	 * @return data from file
	 */
	public static String readTextFile(InputStream inputStream) {
		ByteArrayOutputStream outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
		byte buf[] = new byte[1024];
		int len;
		try {
			while ((len = inputStream.read(buf)) != -1) {
				outputStream.write(buf, 0, len);
			}
			outputStream.close();
			inputStream.close();
		} catch (IOException e) {
		}
		return outputStream.toString();
	}
}