diff --git a/plugins/fs/android/src/main/java/FsPlugin.kt b/plugins/fs/android/src/main/java/FsPlugin.kt
index 877fbf4a65..fdd986898d 100644
--- a/plugins/fs/android/src/main/java/FsPlugin.kt
+++ b/plugins/fs/android/src/main/java/FsPlugin.kt
@@ -45,8 +45,11 @@ class FsPlugin(private val activity: Activity): Plugin(activity) {
         if (args.uri.startsWith(app.tauri.TAURI_ASSETS_DIRECTORY_URI)) {
             val path = args.uri.substring(app.tauri.TAURI_ASSETS_DIRECTORY_URI.length)
             try {
-                val fd = activity.assets.openFd(path).parcelFileDescriptor?.detachFd()
+                val assetFd = activity.assets.openFd(path)
+                val fd = assetFd.parcelFileDescriptor?.detachFd()
                 res.put("fd", fd)
+                res.put("offset", assetFd.startOffset)
+                res.put("size", assetFd.length)
             } catch (e: IOException) {
                 // if the asset is compressed, we cannot open a file descriptor directly
                 // so we copy it to the cache and get a fd from there
diff --git a/plugins/fs/src/file_segment.rs b/plugins/fs/src/file_segment.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b2f8031138
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/fs/src/file_segment.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+use std::fs::File;
+
+pub struct FileSegment{
+    pub file: File, 
+    pub offset: u64, 
+    pub size: u64
+}
+
+pub enum FileOrSegment {
+    File(File),
+    Segment(FileSegment),
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/fs/src/lib.rs b/plugins/fs/src/lib.rs
index bdc6b17099..3161a30074 100644
--- a/plugins/fs/src/lib.rs
+++ b/plugins/fs/src/lib.rs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ mod models;
 mod scope;
 #[cfg(feature = "watch")]
 mod watcher;
+mod file_segment;
 
 #[cfg(not(target_os = "android"))]
 pub use desktop::Fs;
@@ -313,7 +314,7 @@ impl OpenOptions {
         mode
     }
 }
-
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "android"))]
 impl<R: Runtime> Fs<R> {
     pub fn read_to_string<P: Into<FilePath>>(&self, path: P) -> std::io::Result<String> {
         let mut s = String::new();
@@ -342,6 +343,58 @@ impl<R: Runtime> Fs<R> {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(target_os = "android")]
+use crate::file_segment::FileOrSegment;
+#[cfg(target_os = "android")]
+impl<R: Runtime> Fs<R> {
+    pub fn read_to_string<P: Into<FilePath>>(&self, path: P) -> std::io::Result<String> {
+        use std::io::Seek;
+        let mut s = String::new();
+        let f = self.open_segment(
+            path,
+            OpenOptions {
+                read: true,
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+        )?;
+        match f {
+            FileOrSegment::File(mut file) => {
+                file.read_to_string(&mut s)?;
+            },
+            FileOrSegment::Segment(segment) => {
+                let mut handle = segment.file;
+                handle.seek(std::io::SeekFrom::Start(segment.offset))?;
+                let mut limited_reader = handle.take(segment.size);
+                limited_reader.read_to_string(&mut s)?;
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(s)
+    }
+
+    pub fn read<P: Into<FilePath>>(&self, path: P) -> std::io::Result<Vec<u8>> {
+        use std::io::Seek;
+        let mut buf = Vec::new();
+        let f = self.open_segment(
+            path,
+            OpenOptions {
+                read: true,
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+        )?;
+        match f {
+            FileOrSegment::File(mut file) => {
+                file.read_to_end(&mut buf)?;
+            },
+            FileOrSegment::Segment(segment) => {
+                let mut handle = segment.file;
+                handle.seek(std::io::SeekFrom::Start(segment.offset))?;
+                let mut limited_reader = handle.take(segment.size);
+                limited_reader.read_to_end(&mut buf)?;
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(buf)
+    }
+}
 // implement ScopeObject here instead of in the scope module because it is also used on the build script
 // and we don't want to add tauri as a build dependency
 impl ScopeObject for scope::Entry {
diff --git a/plugins/fs/src/mobile.rs b/plugins/fs/src/mobile.rs
index 472f2c8a96..4230fef9a7 100644
--- a/plugins/fs/src/mobile.rs
+++ b/plugins/fs/src/mobile.rs
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
+use std::fs::File;
 use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
 use tauri::{
     plugin::{PluginApi, PluginHandle},
     AppHandle, Runtime,
 };
 
-use crate::{models::*, FilePath, OpenOptions};
+use crate::{models::*, FilePath, OpenOptions, file_segment::{FileSegment, FileOrSegment}};
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "android")]
 const PLUGIN_IDENTIFIER: &str = "com.plugin.fs";
@@ -34,11 +35,23 @@ pub fn init<R: Runtime, C: DeserializeOwned>(
 pub struct Fs<R: Runtime>(PluginHandle<R>);
 
 impl<R: Runtime> Fs<R> {
+    // need deprecated
     pub fn open<P: Into<FilePath>>(
         &self,
         path: P,
         opts: OpenOptions,
     ) -> std::io::Result<std::fs::File> {
+        match self.open_segment(path, opts)? {
+            FileOrSegment::File(f) => Ok(f),
+            FileOrSegment::Segment(fs) => Ok(fs.file),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn open_segment<P: Into<FilePath>>(
+        &self,
+        path: P,
+        opts: OpenOptions,
+    ) -> std::io::Result<FileOrSegment> {
         match path.into() {
             FilePath::Url(u) => self
                 .resolve_content_uri(u.to_string(), opts.android_mode())
@@ -62,7 +75,8 @@ impl<R: Runtime> Fs<R> {
                             )
                         })
                 } else {
-                    std::fs::OpenOptions::from(opts).open(p)
+                    let file = std::fs::OpenOptions::from(opts).open(p)?;
+                    Ok(FileOrSegment::File(file))
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -73,7 +87,7 @@ impl<R: Runtime> Fs<R> {
         &self,
         uri: impl Into<String>,
         mode: impl Into<String>,
-    ) -> crate::Result<std::fs::File> {
+    ) -> crate::Result<FileOrSegment> {
         #[cfg(target_os = "android")]
         {
             let result = self.0.run_mobile_plugin::<GetFileDescriptorResponse>(
@@ -86,7 +100,17 @@ impl<R: Runtime> Fs<R> {
             if let Some(fd) = result.fd {
                 Ok(unsafe {
                     use std::os::fd::FromRawFd;
-                    std::fs::File::from_raw_fd(fd)
+                    let file: File = std::fs::File::from_raw_fd(fd);
+                    match (result.offset, result.size) {
+                        (Some(offset), Some(size)) => {
+                            FileOrSegment::Segment(FileSegment {
+                                file,
+                                offset,
+                                size,
+                            })
+                        }
+                        _ => FileOrSegment::File(file),
+                    }
                 })
             } else {
                 unimplemented!()
diff --git a/plugins/fs/src/models.rs b/plugins/fs/src/models.rs
index b9edc2cb21..032c367b10 100644
--- a/plugins/fs/src/models.rs
+++ b/plugins/fs/src/models.rs
@@ -15,4 +15,6 @@ pub struct GetFileDescriptorPayload {
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
 pub struct GetFileDescriptorResponse {
     pub fd: Option<i32>,
+    pub offset: Option<u64>,
+    pub size: Option<u64>,
 }