well, you're not going to be able to (easily) read Excel files on android (xls, or whatever they are called these days), but csv will probably work - perhaps that's what you were thinking of anyhow. Have a look at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/cec5eb668e3293fe for discussion about loading csv. Once you've fetched the file using the http client, opencsv should be able to parse/load it.
-Mike On Nov 15, 3:50 pm, Jungle Jim <jjjungle...@gmail.com> wrote: > > One more question: I also want to be able to put some data (perhaps in > Excel spreadsheet format, but not restricted to that) somewhere on the > web and have my app read that data. This way I can periodically revise > the data that shows on the apps that my customers have installed on > their phones. > > Any ideas on the best way to do that? > > On Nov 15, 3:44 pm, mellery451 <mellery...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > well, I think you'd want to start with an HttpClient (http:// > > developer.android.com/reference/android/net/http/ > > AndroidHttpClient.html) to make the request and download the > > resource(s). Then you would need to extract the information you need > > from the content. This is commonly called "scraping" since you are > > trying to extract data from presentation views. It's hairy, and likely > > to involve any number of parsers or (gads!) regular expressions to > > accomplish the task. I'd avoid this route if at all possible. > > > If the service you are accessing actually intends for other > > applications to consume it, perhaps there is already a public API > > (e.g. twitter, facebook, etc. all have http APIs you can use). At the > > very least, perhaps the site supports alternative formats for the > > content - like xml or json. If requesting a different format is an > > option, you'll have a much easier time extracting the data since you > > can use a standard parser. > > > -Mike -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
