Android streaming assets path for binary file reading?

Hello all!

I have a question that I have had some confusion on because I know Android packages everything up into an .apk file so what is the best way to get access to the streaming assets / resources folder in code to parse a binary file?

Here is the code below that I use to get access to the .bin file for iOS and the editor but obviously this does not work for android.

Code (CSharp):

1. public void InitializeTemporalData()
2.     {
3.         string path = Path.Combine(Application.streamingAssetsPath, "SpatialReport_LogCumulativeDeaths.bytes");
4.  
5.         using (FileStream fs = File.OpenRead(path))
6.         {
7.             using (BinaryReader reader = new BinaryReader(fs))
8.             {
9.                 // Read header
10.                 nodeCount = reader.ReadInt32();
11.                 timestepCount = reader.ReadInt32();
12.  
13.                 // Read node ID list
14.                 nodeIds = new List<int>(nodeCount);
15.  
16.                 for (int i = 0; i < nodeCount; i++)
17.                 {
18.                     nodeIds.Add(reader.ReadInt32());
19.                 }
20.  
21.                 // Read an array of floats for each timestep
22.                 timesteps = new List<List<float>>(timestepCount);
23.  
24.                 for (int i = 0; i < timestepCount; i++)
25.                 {
26.                     List<float> timestepValues = new List<float>(nodeCount);
27.                     for (int j = 0; j < nodeCount; j++)
28.                     {
29.                         timestepValues.Add(reader.ReadSingle());
30.                     }
31.                     timesteps.Add(timestepValues);
32.                 }
33.  
34.                 // Find the min & max value to fit
35.                 for (int timestepIndex = 0; timestepIndex < timestepCount; timestepIndex++)
36.                 {
37.                     List<float> timestepValues = timesteps[timestepIndex];
38.  
39.                     maxValueOfTimeSteps = timestepValues.Max<float>();
40.                     minValueOfTimeSteps = timestepValues.Min<float>();
41.                 }
42.             }
43.         }
44.     }

Any Ideas?

Thanks, J

 

Ah dang got it. Is there any way to store data inside of Unity that I can easily get access to?

For example: Parse the binary into a scriptable object that I can read the data from without having to parse the data while the app is running?

There has to be some way to store data in Unity without having to manually typing values in the inspector right?

Like I want to store an array of 18,000 numbers before I even build to a specific platform.