Sample XML processing.

AndroidManifest.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.stockrobot"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0" >

    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" />

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

    <application android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher" android:label="Stock Robot">
        <activity
            android:name=".LogInActivity">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>

        <!-- Menu Screen -->
        <activity
            android:name=".MenuActivity"
            android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Light.NoTitleBar" >
        </activity>

        <!-- Market Screen -->
        <activity
            android:name=".MarketActivity"
            android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Black.NoTitleBar" >
        </activity>

        <!-- Register Screen -->
        <activity
            android:name=".RegisterActivity"
            android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Light.NoTitleBar" >
        </activity>

        <!-- TabLayout Screen -->
        <activity
            android:name=".TabLayoutActivity"
            android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar" >
        </activity>

        <!-- Own list Screen -->
        <activity android:name=".OwnListActivity" >
        </activity>

        <!-- All list Screen -->
        <activity android:name=".AllListActivity" >
        </activity>

        <!-- Watch list Screen -->
        <activity android:name=".WatchListActivity" >
        </activity>

        <!-- Follow list Screen -->
        <activity android:name=".FollowListActivity" >
        </activity>

        <!-- Month list Screen -->
        <activity
            android:name=".FollowListActivity"
            android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar" >
        </activity>

        <!-- Year list Screen -->
        <activity
            android:name=".YearListActivity"
            android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar" >
        </activity>

        <!-- Detail Activity -->
        <activity
            android:name=".DetailActivity"
            android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar" >
        </activity>

        <!-- Company Detail Activity -->
        <activity
            android:name=".CompanyDetailActivity"
            android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar" >
        </activity>

        <!-- Search Activity -->
        <activity
            android:name=".SearchActivity"
            android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar" >
        </activity>

        <!-- User Activity -->
        <activity
            android:name=".UserActivity"
            android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar" >
        </activity>

        <!-- History Activity -->
        <activity
            android:name=".HistoryActivity"
            android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar" >
        </activity>
    </application>

</manifest>

ManifestParser.java

import java.io.*;

import javax.xml.xpath.*;

import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;


public class ManifestParser {

  public static void main(String args[]) {
    try {
      InputStream source = new FileInputStream("AndroidManifest.xml");

      try {
        XPathFactory xPathfactory = XPathFactory.newInstance();
        XPath xpath = xPathfactory.newXPath();
        XPathExpression expr = xpath.compile("/manifest/application/activity");

        NodeList nodes =
          (NodeList) expr.evaluate(new InputSource(source), XPathConstants.NODESET);

        System.out.printf("Found %d activities\n", nodes.getLength());

        for (int i = 0, len = nodes.getLength(); i < len; i += 1) {
          System.out.printf("  %s\n",
              nodes.item(i).getAttributes().getNamedItem("android:name").getNodeValue());
        }

      } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
      }
    } catch (Exception e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }

}