Xml parsing in android - android

In android app, i want to send a php requeset, and am expecting a response in the form of xml, from the server.
Can anybody provide pointers in this case.

You can use XmlPullParser bundled with android to parse the response. To get the parser instance use this snippet:
XmlPullParser pullParser = XmlPullParserFactory.newInstance().newPullParser();
pullParser.setInput(...); //Set input source with response you parsing.

There are 3 methods for parsing XMl in android. See working with xml in android.

You may want to try out my XmlParsing library.
https://github.com/frenchie4111/XmlParser
Let me know if you have any problems with it.

Xstream is your friend http://x-stream.github.io/
XStream is a simple library to serialize objects to XML and back again.

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How to get the inner tags from an XML file?

I'm sitting there for quite a while now, trying to process my xml file (similar to the one below). I want to check all tags, if is equal to a variable, and if so, then running readEntry() on the tag.
I followed this example: https://developer.android.com/training/basics/network-ops/xml.html
I also found this Article(Difficulty with XML nested tags with XMLPullParser in Android deals with this topic.
I have already tried a few things but get either nothing or XmlPullParserException.
A Example of my XML:
<VpMobil>
<Kopf>
...
</Kopf>
<FreieTage>
...
</FreieTage>
<Klassen>
<Kl>
<Kurz>5</Kurz>
<Pl>
<Std>
<St>1</St>
<Fa>Fa1</Fa>
<Le>NAME</Le>
<Ra>1009</Ra>
<Nr>131</Nr>
<If/>
</Std>
<Std>
<St>2</St>
<Fa>Fa2</Fa>
<Le>NAME</Le>
<Ra>1004</Ra>
<Nr>132</Nr>
<If/>
</Std>
</Pl>
</Kl>
<Kl>
<Kurz>6</Kurz>
<Pl>
<Std>
<St>1</St>
<Fa>Fa2</Fa>
<Le>NAME</Le>
<Ra>1046</Ra>
<Nr>131</Nr>
<If/>
</Std>
<Std>
<St>2</St>
<Fa>Fa3</Fa>
<Le>NAME</Le>
<Ra>1012</Ra>
<Nr>132</Nr>
<If/>
</Std>
</Pl>
</Kl>
</Klassen>
</VpMobil>
I would be very grateful if someone could explain to me how I can achieve this. Thanks in advance
You can use Jackson library to parse XML, it is as easy as parsing Json File. this tuto will help you to figure out.
However, bescause it is is a nested xml, you will need some nested POJOs to achieve parsing.
After a few more unsuccessful attempts, I got the idea to convert the XML into a JSON (Convert XML to JSON object in Android) and continue working with it. That worked then.

Best way to parse this XML on android?

I ran into a issue where I cant help myself and there wont come any help from the back end.
This is the story: I need to parse a XML from a URL.
The URL is: http://deliveroid.techhouse.sk/admin/restapi/company/62?userid=DFDJHGJDHGFFHH
Once you open it in a browser all looks good. Yet when I try to parse it within android (XmlPullParser) I get a error - the encoding is not right.
I have no idea what causes it and if its the server issue I wont have a chance to influence the situation..
Is there a way how to "force" the UTF-8 and make it parse able? Could someone show me how he would tackle this? One xml value lets say and you would save my day ..
Thank you
You can define encoding before parsing it.
XmlPullParser pullParser = Xml.newPullParser();
pullParser.setInput(theInputStream, "UTF-8");
Hope it helps

Converting string to XML in android?

I am trying to convert data from database to XML in android. After that i am planning to post xml data to server using HttpPost?. But i am not sure how to convert string to xml in android.
I am looking for any sample code and methods.
Thanks in advance
Use the DOM from java library.
Refer:
http://developer.android.com/reference/javax/xml/parsers/DocumentBuilder.html#parse(java.lang.String)
http://exampledepot.com/egs/javax.xml.parsers/BasicDom.html

How to Pull an RSS Feed using XmlPullParser in Android

I'm building an RSS reader APP, and I've been told to use the XMLPullParser interface.
Here is the block of code I'm working with:
XmlResourceParser parser = context.getResources().getXml(resource);
'Resource' is a an integer with the R.id. integer of the Xml file. This is not an internal XML file, so I don't know how to work around this.
Any ideas? Is the XmlResourceParser the wrong approach for this project? I've seen XMLReaders used with content handlers as well. Can you integrate these technologies together?
Thank you
what is the type of your xml source?
xmlPullParser can be used to parse any xml sources.
It is in my opinion the way to do this. Only problem you may encounter is when the rss feed has empty lines. The xml pullparser of android (api-level 14) jumps to the /channel if this is the case. When implementing the parser try to use the AsyncTask to start the reading of the rss feed.
Success with the implementation.

Android XML parsing

I have a problem with parsing xml by an android, a document that is parsed well with Java EE, do not want parsed into an android. Using SAX. Maybe someone encountered this problem.
i had real truble with this too...
For getting xml document to string, i'm using this library:
http://wurstgranulat.de/projekte/java-library-android-xml-document-string/
fo creating document i use dom parser:
http://www.java.happycodings.com/XML/code17.html

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