how to read file from assets folder in android

1BufferedReader reader = null;
2try {
3    reader = new BufferedReader(
4        new InputStreamReader(getAssets().open("filename.txt"), "UTF-8")); 
5
6    // do reading, usually loop until end of file reading 
7    String mLine;
8    while ((mLine = reader.readLine()) != null) {
9       //process line
10       ...
11    }
12} catch (IOException e) {
13    //log the exception
14} finally {
15    if (reader != null) {
16         try {
17             reader.close();
18         } catch (IOException e) {
19             //log the exception
20         }
21    }
22}