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+// Copyright 2017 The Cobalt Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+#include "starboard/file.h"
+
+#include <android/asset_manager.h>
+
+#include "starboard/directory.h"
+
+#include "starboard/android/shared/file_internal.h"
+#include "starboard/shared/posix/impl/file_can_open.h"
+
+using starboard::android::shared::IsAndroidAssetPath;
+using starboard::android::shared::OpenAndroidAsset;
+
+bool SbFileCanOpen(const char* path, int flags) {
+  if (!IsAndroidAssetPath(path)) {
+    return ::starboard::shared::posix::impl::FileCanOpen(path, flags);
+  }
+
+  SbFile file = SbFileOpen(path, flags | kSbFileOpenOnly, NULL, NULL);
+  bool result = SbFileIsValid(file);
+  SbFileClose(file);
+
+  if (!result) {
+    SbDirectory directory = SbDirectoryOpen(path, NULL);
+    result = SbDirectoryIsValid(directory);
+    SbDirectoryClose(directory);
+  }
+
+  return result;
+}