Use XML with sitelist.. !! It will work fine. No idea about document builder.
On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 10:34 PM, Bozzified <bozi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello everyone. > > I am trying to get a hang of XML parsing and can't get this to show me the > right elements as I'm fairly new to Android/Java dev. Would appreciate > some guidance. > > I've build a class that gets the custom xml url and needs to parse it and > fill ArrayList with values. After trying several versions I can't wrap my > head around parsing nodes and extracting element values. > > This is what I have > > DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.*newInstance*(); > DocumentBuilder builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder(); > Document doc = builder.parse(feedURL); > > // get xml document root element > Element root = doc.getDocumentElement(); > > // get node list of all elements with tag name item > NodeList items = root.getElementsByTagName("item"); > > ArrayList<String[]> photoSet = *new* ArrayList<String[]>(); > > *for* (*int* i = 0; i < items.getLength(); i++) { > > Node itemNode = items.item(i); > > NodeList itemChildNodes = itemNode.getChildNodes(); > > Node itemChildNode = itemChildNodes.item(2); > > String value = itemChildNode.getNodeValue(); > > Log.*d*("ITEM ELEMENT VALUE", "Node value for item["+i+"] > -> "+value); > > } > > here's what the XML looks like: > > <gallery> > <item> <photoid>509</photoid> <url> > http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/320622_10150298438271744_326149431743_8468654_1542995730_n.jpg > </url> <title>Foster The People DC</title> <description></description> > <category></category> <dateupdated>2012-01-24 23:31:58</dateupdated> > <dateupdated2>Wed Jan 25 07:31:58 GMT-0800 2012</dateupdated2> > > </item> > > <item> <photoid>508</photoid> <url> > http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/308152_10150298438346744_326149431743_8468655_312468158_n.jpg > </url> <title>Foster The People Philly</title> <description></description> > <category></category> <dateupdated>2012-01-24 23:31:44</dateupdated> > <dateupdated2>Wed Jan 25 07:31:44 GMT-0800 2012</dateupdated2></item> > </gallery> > > So now why I put itemChildNodes.item(2) is basically because I thought > that would give me back 3rd subchild element of that node which is in this > case <title> tag under <item> node > > Would someone be kind enough to educate me on why this is not working and > what's the best way to do this. The reason I'm not using SAX is because > these XML files will be fairly small so I went with DocumentBuilder and > also I wanted to learn both ways. > > > Many thanks good people. > > -- > 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 -- Thank you**** Anirudh Loya | Android Developer** Desk: +9140-30681824 | Mobile: +91*9246561265* *Love your Job but don't Love your company, Because you may not know when your company stops loving you.-- Voice Of Love* -- 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