java - FileNotFoundException when loading textfile into android project -

i've been working on android bid page app class , can't seem find out why program throws filenotfoundexception when path correct (relative path). i'm using class read in file contains string values of item objects , create items put temporary hashmap , return it. in advance!!

    public class fileloader      {         private file path = new file("items");         private static file textfile;          //filename called "allitems.txt"         public fileloader(string filename)         {             textfile = new file(path, filename);         }          public map<integer, item> getitems()         {             //item custom object             map<integer, item> items = new hashmap<integer, item>();             int = 1;             try (bufferedreader bf = new bufferedreader(new filereader(textfile));)             {                 string itemtoparse;                 while((itemtoparse = bf.readline()) != null)             {                 //itemparser custom static class create item 1 string                 items.put(i, itemparser.parseitem(itemtoparse));                 i++;             }         } catch (filenotfoundexception e) {             // todo auto-generated catch block             e.printstacktrace();         } catch (ioexception e) {             // todo auto-generated catch block             e.printstacktrace();         }         return items;     } }