<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/edit"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:hint="Type something here"
        />

</LinearLayout>

package demo.jq.com.filepersistencetest;

import android.content.Context;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.text.TextUtils;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.Toast;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.BufferedWriter;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;

import static java.lang.System.out;

/**
 * @author Jim
 */
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    private EditText edit;
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        edit = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.edit);

        String inputText = load();
        if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(inputText)) {
            edit.setText(inputText);
            edit.setSelection(inputText.length());
            Toast.makeText(this,"Restoring succeeded",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }
    }

    @Override
    protected void onDestroy() {
        super.onDestroy();
        String inputText = edit.getText().toString();
        save(inputText);
    }

    public void save(String inputText) {
        FileOutputStream out = null;
        BufferedWriter writer= null;
        try {
            out = openFileOutput("data", Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
            writer = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(out));
            writer.write(inputText);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } finally {
            try {
                if (writer != null) {
                    writer.close();
                }
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    }

    public String load() {
        FileInputStream in = null;
        BufferedReader reader = null;
        StringBuilder content = new StringBuilder();
        try {
            in = openFileInput("data");
            reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
            String line = "";
            while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
                content.append(line);
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } finally {
            try {
                if (reader != null) {
                    reader.close();
                }
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }

        return content.toString();
    }
}