Question:

I've read several topic on how to read local XML file.

Most of them are using openRawResource(). However it's much more slower compared to getXML().

I wanted to use getXML for my project, it's there any way to use getXML with XMLReader.parse(), as SAX InputSource does not accept XmlResourceParser as parameter.

<strong>Edit:</strong> btw, when do the startElement endElement will be called? Is it right after XMLReader.parse? Is it possible to restart the parsing from the top when I read a certain value of attributes?

Thank you very much

You can use it(assume that you are keeping your xml in assets folder)

InputStream response=context.getAssets().open("your.xml");

and then

Xml.parse(response, Xml.Encoding.UTF_8,rootElement.getContentHandler());

try { SAXParserFactory factory = SAXParserFactory.newInstance(); SAXParser parser = factory.newSAXParser(); XMLReader reader = parser.getXMLReader(); MyXMLHandler myXMLHandler = new MyXMLHandler(getApplicationContext()); reader.setContentHandler(myXMLHandler); reader.parse(new InputSource(getAssets().open("Getalloffersbyzipcoderesponse_xml.xml"))); // listView.setAdapter(new EventListAdapter(getApplicationContext(), 0, myXMLHandler.getEventList())); listView.setAdapter(new OffersListAdapter(getApplicationContext(), 0, myXMLHandler.getOffersList())); } catch (ParserConfigurationException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } catch (SAXException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } catch (IOException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); }

If you want to use the 'getXML()'-function, you can check out this tutorial, whic show's how to use the 'XmlResourceParser'-Interface: <a href="http://android-er.blogspot.com/2010/04/read-xml-resources-in-android-using.html" rel="nofollow">Link</a>

Anothet way would be if you put the XML files in the '<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/res/Resources.html#openRawResource%28int,%20android.util.TypedValue%29" rel="nofollow">openRawResource</a>'-method, which returns an 'InputStream' on a given Resource ID, which you can then pass to the normal 'SAXParser'.