How to load my text file

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Hi,

I’ve read many topics on the subject but none of them helped me solve my problem.

I’m making an app for an android device and I need to use a text file to load assets into my scene. It works fine on PC but not on the target device.
I can’t use Application.persistentDataPath to find the file because I can’t side-load it, neither I can use Application.dataPath because it simply makes the app crash, and Application.streamingAssetsPath returns an inexisting directory path, according to my tests (yes, I had created a StreamingAssets folder in my project with my file in it).

I’ve tried to use Resources and load it in a TextAsset file but it always returns null. I’ve also tried to read what was in “./” (current directory) but it seems it is outside the apk.

Can anyone help me please?

List of things I tried:

string filename = Application.dataPath+"/myFolder/myFile.txt";
TextReader reader = new StreamReader(filename); 

string filename = Application.streamingAssetsPath+"/myFile.txt";
TextReader reader = new StreamReader(filename); 

TextAsset file = Resources.Load<TextAsset>("myFile"); // with my file in a Resources folder
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Try using StreamingAssets folder (it has to be directly under Assets, that is YourProject/Assets/StreamingAssets) unless I’m mistaken. Then, to load the file you can use WWW.

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