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Parsing XML on android using XML pull parser
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
tools:context=".MainActivity" >
<Button
android:id="@+id/button1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_marginBottom="90dp"
android:text="Parse" />
</RelativeLayout>
package in.xmlparser;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
Button button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
button.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View arg0) {
new AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void>() {
@Override
protected Void doInBackground(Void... arg0) {
readXmlFile("code.xml");
return null;
}
}.execute();
}
});
}
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return true;
}
public InputStream readFile(String fileName) throws FileNotFoundException,
IOException {
return new FileInputStream(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()
+ "/" + fileName);
}
public void readXmlFile(String fileName) {
try {
if (fileName.isEmpty())
throw new NullPointerException();
readData(new XmlDataParseHelper(readFile(fileName)).getParser());
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (XmlPullParserException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public void readData(XmlPullParser parser) throws XmlPullParserException,
IOException {
int eventType = parser.getEventType();
String tagName = "";
Log.w("Developer", "Reading file...");
while (eventType != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT) {
switch (eventType) {
case XmlPullParser.START_DOCUMENT:
Log.w("Developer", "Reading backup file...");
break;
case XmlPullParser.START_TAG:
tagName = parser.getName();
if (tagName.equals("countries")) {
Log.w("XMLParse", "Start TAG countries");
// do something when countries tag starts
}
if (tagName.equals("country")) {
Log.w("XMLParse", "Start TAG country");
// do some when country tag starts
} else if (tagName.equals("name")) {
// read tag value using XmlDataParseHelper class
String countryName = XmlDataParseHelper.readTag(parser,
"name");
Log.w("XmlParser", "Country name : " + countryName);
} else if (tagName.equals("phonecode")) {
String countryPhoneCode = XmlDataParseHelper.readTag(
parser, "phonecode");
Log.w("XmlParser", "Country Phone code : "
+ countryPhoneCode);
} else if (tagName.equals("code")) {
String countryCode = XmlDataParseHelper.readTag(parser,
"code");
Log.w("XmlParser", "Country code name : " + countryCode);
}
break;
case XmlPullParser.END_TAG:
tagName = parser.getName();
if (tagName.equals("countries")) {
// do something when counties tag is close.
}
break;
}
eventType = parser.next();
}
Log.w("Developer", "File parsing complete...");
}
}
package in.xmlparser;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
import android.util.Xml;
public class XmlDataParseHelper {
private XmlPullParser parser;
private static final String NULL = null;
/**
*
* @param in
* @throws XmlPullParserException
* @throws IOException
* @throws IllegalArgumentException
*/
public XmlDataParseHelper(InputStream in) throws XmlPullParserException,
IOException, IllegalArgumentException {
try {
parser = Xml.newPullParser();
parser.setFeature(XmlPullParser.FEATURE_PROCESS_NAMESPACES, false);
parser.setInput(in, null);
parser.nextTag();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
/**
*
* @return XmlPullParser
*/
public XmlPullParser getParser() {
return parser;
}
/**
*
* @param parser
* @param tag
* @return String
* @throws IOException
* @throws XmlPullParserException
*/
public static String readTag(XmlPullParser parser, String tag)
throws IOException, XmlPullParserException {
String tagData = "";
parser.require(XmlPullParser.START_TAG, NULL, tag);
if (parser.next() == XmlPullParser.TEXT) {
tagData = parser.getText();
parser.nextTag();
}
parser.require(XmlPullParser.END_TAG, NULL, tag);
return tagData;
}
/**
*
* @param parser
* @param tag
* @param attributeName
* @return String
* @throws IOException
* @throws XmlPullParserException
*/
public static String readAttribute(XmlPullParser parser, String tag,
String attributeName) throws IOException, XmlPullParserException {
parser.require(XmlPullParser.START_TAG, NULL, tag);
String attributeData = parser.getAttributeValue(NULL, attributeName);
parser.nextTag();
parser.require(XmlPullParser.END_TAG, NULL, tag);
return attributeData;
}
}
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