java - Reading from a file in Android Studio -

i'm trying read in text file of words array or string able access each word. separating words if comes in 1 long string no issue have having real problems reading file. using android studio , file under assets folder (app/app/src/main/assets/wordseasy.txt) far have following code:

public string[] getwords(string difficulty){     arraylist<string> wordlist = new arraylist<string>();      string[] words = new string[wordlist.size()];      string wordlist = getquestions()   //location of error      //haven't finished here consist of transferring words in string array      return words; }  private static string getquestions(context ctx,string file_name) {      assetmanager assetmanager = ctx.getassets();     bytearrayoutputstream outputstream = null;     inputstream inputstream = null;     try {         inputstream = assetmanager.open(file_name);         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) {         }     } catch (ioexception e) {     }     return outputstream.tostring();  } 

i don't know how context in situation , appreciate help. if know alternative way read file string or array please share it.

check this, working me

import android.content.context; import android.content.res.assetmanager; import android.os.bundle; import android.support.v7.app.appcompatactivity; import android.widget.textview; import android.widget.toast;  import java.io.bufferedreader; import java.io.ioexception; import java.io.inputstream; import java.io.inputstreamreader; import java.util.arraylist; import java.util.list;   public class mainactivity extends appcompatactivity {      list<string> wordlist;      @override     protected void oncreate(bundle savedinstancestate) {         super.oncreate(savedinstancestate);         setcontentview(r.layout.activity_main);         wordlist = getwordsfromfile("text_file.txt", mainactivity.this);         toast.maketext(this,"word size:"+wordlist.size(),toast.length_short).show();         textview textview = (textview) findviewbyid(r.id.tv_words);         for(string word : wordlist){             textview.append("\n"+word);         }     }        public list<string> getwordsfromfile(string textfilename, context context){         list<string> wordlist = new arraylist<>();         string textstr = "";         assetmanager = context.getassets();         try {             inputstream = am.open(textfilename);             textstr = getstringfrominputstream(is);          } catch (ioexception e) {             e.printstacktrace();         }         if(textstr !=null){             string[] words = textstr.split("\\s+");             (int = 0; < words.length; i++) {                 words[i] = words[i].replaceall("[^\\w]", "");                 wordlist.add(words[i]);             }         }         return wordlist;     }      private static string getstringfrominputstream(inputstream is) {          bufferedreader bufferedreader = null;         stringbuilder stringbuilder = new stringbuilder();          string line;         try {             bufferedreader = new bufferedreader(new inputstreamreader(is));             while ((line = bufferedreader.readline()) != null) {                 stringbuilder.append(line);             }          } catch (ioexception e) {             e.printstacktrace();         } {             if (bufferedreader != null) {                 try {                     bufferedreader.close();                 } catch (ioexception e) {                     e.printstacktrace();                 }             }         }         return stringbuilder.tostring();     } }