Jufafs wrote:
> However, in the android project I'm working on I'm trying to do the
> same thing. I put an XML file in the assets folder called
> "test.plist". It's basically just some XML. The same file I was able
> to read above.
>
> However, my problem is that the only way I can see to open this file
> is using:
>
> InputStream is = getAssets().open("test.plist");
>
> I'm kind of a noob to programming in general so I don't know how to
> use the InputStream to parse the file and basically extract the data
> from the XML file that I want.
>
> Questions:
>
> 1) Is there anyway for me to open the "test.plist" file in the asset
> folder as a File class rather than an InputStream class.
Possibly, but it's probably not worth it.
> 2) If that is not possible do you have any suggestions on how to
> either convert the InputStream into a File or any ideas on how to
> parse the XML file using an InputStream instead.
Option #1: Use an XML resource instead. Put your file in /res/xml in
your project tree, instead of /assets. Then, call
getResources().getXml() from your activity to get an XmlPullParser:
http://xmlpull.org/v1/doc/api/org/xmlpull/v1/package-summary.html
Option #2: Keep the file in /assets, and use the DOM:
InputStream is = getAssets().open("test.plist");
DocumentBuilder builder=DocumentBuilderFactory
.newInstance()
.newDocumentBuilder();
Document doc=builder.parse(is, null);
Option #3: Use SAX. You would wrap your InputStream in an
org.xml.sax.InputSource for feeding into the parser.
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