public String ReadSettings(Context context){ 
      FileInputStream fIn = null; 
      InputStreamReader isr = null; 
      
      char[] inputBuffer = new char[255]; 
      String data = null; 
      
      try{ 
       fIn = openFileInput("settings.dat");       
          isr = new InputStreamReader(fIn); 
          isr.read(inputBuffer); 
          data = new String(inputBuffer); 
          Toast.makeText(context, "Settings read",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); 
          } 
          catch (Exception e) {       
          e.printStackTrace(); 
          Toast.makeText(context, "Settings not read",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); 
          } 
          finally { 
             try { 
                    isr.close(); 
                    fIn.close(); 
                    } catch (IOException e) { 
                    e.printStackTrace(); 
                    } 
          } 
          return data; 
     } 


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