Thanks, Mike. a csv file should work fine for my purpose. On Nov 15, 6:23 pm, mellery451 <mellery...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/threa... > 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- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
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