Are you new to development in general? If not, I am sure you have debugged code before, so do that.
On Dec 19, 3:23 pm, Taylor Niver <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm new to android development and am trying to start learning the > basics by decoding a RSS feed. I want to store the appropriate info > (title, link, etc) into > the appropriate corresponding strings. I have the below, which will > search for anything that starts with <t (for title), and store the > corresponding values into a char array. I then search for the end > bracket ('</") and stop storing the information. I then convert the > char array into a string, and toast the string when I press button 1. > My problem is, when I press the button, it toasts a blank box, meaning > that the string is empty. Does anyone have any idea on how to fix > this? Thanks! > > My Code: > > package rssread.withoutinernet; > > import android.app.Activity; > import android.os.Bundle; > > import android.view.View; > import android.widget.Button; > import android.widget.Toast; > > public class RssReaderNoInternetActivity extends Activity { > > Button button1; > Button button2; > Button button3; > String RSS_String = "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss > xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom'xmlns:openSearch='http:// > a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/ > georss' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' > version='2.0'>" > + > "<channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7784086607297621793</ > atom:id><lastBuildDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:42:16 +0000</ > lastBuildDate><title>Bird's eye view</title>" > + > "<description></description><link>http://blogname.blogspot.com/</ > link><managingEditor>[email protected] (blonde ambition)</ > managingEditor>" > + > "<generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>0</ > openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</ > openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</ > openSearch:itemsPerPage></channel></rss>"; > > int counter = 0; > int title_counter = 0; > int bounce; > > char[] rss = RSS_String.toCharArray(); > > char[] title; > > String Title_String; > > @Override > public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { > super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); > setContentView(R.layout.main); > > RSSDecode(); > test(); > Listeners(); > > } > > public void Listeners() { > // Title > button1 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1); > button1.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { > public void onClick(View v) { > Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), > RSS_String, > Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); > } > }); > > // Description > button2 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button2); > button2.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { > public void onClick(View v) { > Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), > Title_String, > Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); > } > }); > > // Link > button3 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button3); > button3.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { > public void onClick(View v) { > Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), > "Var3Goeshere", > Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); > } > }); > > } > > public void test(){ > title[1]= 'c'; > title[2]= 'o'; > Title_String = title.toString(); > } > > public void RSSDecode() { > try { > while (counter <= 500) { > if (RSS_String.charAt(counter) == '<') { > if (RSS_String.charAt(counter + 1) == > 't') { > counter = counter + 8; > bounce = 0; > while (bounce == 0) { > > // Test if its the end > if > (RSS_String.charAt(counter) == '<') { > if > (RSS_String.charAt(counter + 1) == '/') { > > bounce = 1; > } > } > > //Store values into > char array and convert into string > title[title_counter] > = (RSS_String.charAt(counter)); > counter = counter + 1; > title_counter = > title_counter + 1; > > } > > } > > } > > Title_String = title.toString(); > counter = counter + 1; > > } > } catch (Exception e) { > Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), e.toString(), > Toast.LENGTH_SHORT); > } > > } -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
