Utility method related to file manipulation

FileUtils.java

public class FileUtils {

    public static String getDataFromAsset(Context context, String fileName) {
        String data = "";
        BufferedReader in = null;
        try {
            InputStream inputStream = context.getAssets().open(fileName);
            StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder();
            in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream));
            String str;

            while ((str = in.readLine()) != null) {
                buf.append(str);
            }

            in.close();
            return buf.toString();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } finally {
            if (in != null) {
                try {
                    in.close();
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        }

        return "";
    }

}