How to append text to an existing file in Java?

java 7+

In my humble opinion since I am fan of plain java, I would suggest something that it is a combination of the aforementioned answers. Maybe I am late for the party. Here is the code:

 String sampleText = "test" +  System.getProperty("line.separator");
 Files.write(Paths.get(filePath), sampleText.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8), 
 StandardOpenOption.CREATE, StandardOpenOption.APPEND);

If the file doesn't exist, it creates it and if already exists it appends the sampleText to the existing file. Using this, saves you from adding unnecessary libs to your classpath.

For JDK version >= 7

You can utilise this simple method which appends the given content to the specified file:

void appendToFile(String filePath, String content) {
  try (FileWriter fw = new FileWriter(filePath, true)) {
    fw.write(content + System.lineSeparator());
  } catch (IOException e) { 
    // TODO handle exception
  }
}

We are constructing a FileWriter object in append mode.

You can use the follong code to append the content in the file:

 String fileName="/home/shriram/Desktop/Images/"+"test.txt";
  FileWriter fw=new FileWriter(fileName,true);    
  fw.write("here will be you content to insert or append in file");    
  fw.close(); 
  FileWriter fw1=new FileWriter(fileName,true);    
 fw1.write("another content will be here to be append in the same file");    
 fw1.close(); 

1.7 Approach:

void appendToFile(String filePath, String content) throws IOException{

    Path path = Paths.get(filePath);

    try (BufferedWriter writer = 
            Files.newBufferedWriter(path, 
                    StandardOpenOption.APPEND)) {
        writer.newLine();
        writer.append(content);
    }

    /*
    //Alternative:
    try (BufferedWriter bWriter = 
            Files.newBufferedWriter(path, 
                    StandardOpenOption.WRITE, StandardOpenOption.APPEND);
            PrintWriter pWriter = new PrintWriter(bWriter)
            ) {
        pWriter.println();//to have println() style instead of newLine();   
        pWriter.append(content);//Also, bWriter.append(content);
    }*/
}