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package com.coderefer.rxandroidexamples.intro;

import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Toast;


import com.coderefer.rxandroidexamples.R;

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BufferedReader reader = null;
try {
    reader = new BufferedReader(
        new InputStreamReader(getAssets().open("news_data_file.json"), "UTF-8")); 

    // do reading, usually loop until end of file reading 
    String mLine;
    while ((mLine = reader.readLine()) != null) {
       //process line
       ...

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try {
			val inputStream:InputStream = assets.open("news_data_file.json")
			val inputStreamReader = InputStreamReader(inputStream)
			val sb = StringBuilder()
			var line: String?
			val br = BufferedReader(inputStreamReader)
			line = br.readLine()
			while (br.readLine() != null) {
					sb.append(line)
					line = br.readLine()

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try {
      val inputStream:InputStream = assets.open("news_data_file.json")
      val inputString = inputStream.bufferedReader().use{it.readText()}
      Log.d(TAG,inputString)
    } catch (e:Exception){
        Log.d(TAG, e.toString())
    }

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dataBinding {
    enabled = false
}

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    dependencies {
    ...
    //adding a recyclerview
    compile "com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:26.1.0"
    //adding a cardview
    compile "com.android.support:cardview-v7:26.1.0"
    ...
    }

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...

<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
        android:id="@+id/recyclerView"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:scrollbars="vertical"/>
        
...

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    tools:context="com.coderefer.newsboard.MainActivity"
    >

    <android.support.v7.widget.CardView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"

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import java.util.Date
data class News(
        val id:Int=0, 
        val news_title:String?=null,
        var news_detail: String? = null,
        var news_image_url: String? = null,
        var news_url: String? = null,
        var news_source: String? = null,
        var pub_date: Date? = null
        )

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package com.coderefer.newsboard

import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
import android.util.Log
import android.view.View
import android.view.ViewGroup
import com.squareup.picasso.Picasso
import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.news_item.view.*

/**