read external XML files in Android

Question

how to read this type of data of an external XML file in android app and set in views

<?XML version="1.0"?>  
<OKV
r="129120190116115414009" 
a="Address" g="male" m="123456" 
e="email" d="14021996" i="imagelink" 
n="My Name" v="1"/>

AskNilesh · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-19T12:59:22.343

There are three way to parse an XML in Android

DOM Parsers
SAX Parsers
XMLPullParser

Follow these steps

First, add permission of READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE in your manifest file

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

Then check runtime permission for android marshmallow and above

Because Beginning in Android 6.0 (API level 23), users grant permissions to apps while the app is running, not when they install the app

 int grant = ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, permission);
 if (grant != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
     String[] permission_list = new String[1];
     permission_list[0] = permission;
     ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this, permission_list, 1);
 }

Then Parse your xml

Here is the sample code using DOM Parsers

SAMPLE CODE

Create a model class

public class Model {

    String rValue, aValue, eValue, nValue, gValue, dValue, vValue, mValue, iValue;

    public String getrValue() {
        return rValue;
    }

    public void setrValue(String rValue) {
        this.rValue = rValue;
    }

    public String getaValue() {
        return aValue;
    }

    public void setaValue(String aValue) {
        this.aValue = aValue;
    }

    public String geteValue() {
        return eValue;
    }

    public void seteValue(String eValue) {
        this.eValue = eValue;
    }

    public String getnValue() {
        return nValue;
    }

    public void setnValue(String nValue) {
        this.nValue = nValue;
    }

    public String getgValue() {
        return gValue;
    }

    public void setgValue(String gValue) {
        this.gValue = gValue;
    }

    public String getdValue() {
        return dValue;
    }

    public void setdValue(String dValue) {
        this.dValue = dValue;
    }

    public String getvValue() {
        return vValue;
    }

    public void setvValue(String vValue) {
        this.vValue = vValue;
    }

    public String getmValue() {
        return mValue;
    }

    public void setmValue(String mValue) {
        this.mValue = mValue;
    }

    public String getiValue() {
        return iValue;
    }

    public void setiValue(String iValue) {
        this.iValue = iValue;
    }
}

MainActivity code

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    List<Model> modelArrayList = new ArrayList<>();

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        // first check for runtime permission
        String permission = Manifest.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE;
        int grant = ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, permission);
        if (grant != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
            String[] permission_list = new String[1];
            permission_list[0] = permission;
            ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this, permission_list, 1);
        }else {
            ParseXML();
        }

    }

    @Override
    public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, @NonNull String[] permissions,
                                           @NonNull int[] grantResults) {
        super.onRequestPermissionsResult(requestCode, permissions, grantResults);
        if (requestCode == 1) {
            if (grantResults[0] == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
                Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission granted", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                ParseXML();
            } else {
                Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, " READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission not granted", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            }
        }

    }

    private void ParseXML() {

        File dir = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();
        File yourFile = new File(dir, "test.xml");

        DocumentBuilderFactory dbFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
        DocumentBuilder dBuilder;

        try {

            dBuilder = dbFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
            Document doc = dBuilder.parse(yourFile);
            doc.getDocumentElement().normalize();

            Log.e("Root_element" , doc.getDocumentElement().getNodeName());
            NodeList nodeList = doc.getElementsByTagName("OKV");

            modelArrayList = new ArrayList<Model>();


            for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) {

                Element element = (Element) nodeList.item(i);

                Model model = new Model();
                model.setrValue(element.getAttribute("r"));
                model.setaValue(element.getAttribute("a"));
                model.setgValue(element.getAttribute("g" ));
                model.setmValue(element.getAttribute("m" ));
                model.seteValue(element.getAttribute("e" ));
                model.setdValue(element.getAttribute("d" ));
                model.setiValue(element.getAttribute("i"));
                model.setnValue(element.getAttribute("n" ));
                model.setvValue(element.getAttribute("v"));

                modelArrayList.add(model);



            }

            for (int i = 0; i < modelArrayList.size(); i++) {

                Log.e("DATA_VALUE", modelArrayList.get(i).getaValue());
                Log.e("DATA_VALUE", modelArrayList.get(i).getdValue());
                Log.e("DATA_VALUE", modelArrayList.get(i).geteValue());
                Log.e("DATA_VALUE", modelArrayList.get(i).getnValue());
                Log.e("DATA_VALUE", modelArrayList.get(i).getvValue());
                Log.e("DATA_VALUE", modelArrayList.get(i).getgValue());
                Log.e("DATA_VALUE", modelArrayList.get(i).getrValue());
                Log.e("DATA_VALUE", modelArrayList.get(i).getiValue());
                Log.e("DATA_VALUE", modelArrayList.get(i).getmValue());
            }
        } catch (SAXException | ParserConfigurationException | IOException e1) {
            e1.printStackTrace();
        }

    }


}

OUTPUT

01-19 13:23:39.545 15689-15689/neel.com.demo E/Root_element: OKV
01-19 13:23:39.545 15689-15689/neel.com.demo E/DATA_VALUE: Address
01-19 13:23:39.545 15689-15689/neel.com.demo E/DATA_VALUE: 14021996
01-19 13:23:39.545 15689-15689/neel.com.demo E/DATA_VALUE: email
01-19 13:23:39.545 15689-15689/neel.com.demo E/DATA_VALUE: My Name
01-19 13:23:39.545 15689-15689/neel.com.demo E/DATA_VALUE: 1
01-19 13:23:39.545 15689-15689/neel.com.demo E/DATA_VALUE: male
01-19 13:23:39.545 15689-15689/neel.com.demo E/DATA_VALUE: 129120190116115414009
01-19 13:23:39.545 15689-15689/neel.com.demo E/DATA_VALUE: imagelink
01-19 13:23:39.545 15689-15689/neel.com.demo E/DATA_VALUE: 123456

for more information please check below article

UPDATE

import android.Manifest;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
import android.support.v4.app.ActivityCompat;
import android.support.v4.content.ContextCompat;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.widget.Toast;


import com.nbsp.materialfilepicker.MaterialFilePicker;
import com.nbsp.materialfilepicker.ui.FilePickerActivity;

import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
import org.xml.sax.SAXException;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;


public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    List<Model> modelArrayList = new ArrayList<>();

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);


        // first check for runtime permission
        String permission = Manifest.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE;
        int grant = ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, permission);
        if (grant != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
            String[] permission_list = new String[1];
            permission_list[0] = permission;
            ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this, permission_list, 1);
        } else {
            pickFile();
        }
    }

    private void pickFile() {
        new MaterialFilePicker()
                .withActivity(this)
                .withRequestCode(1)
                .withFilterDirectories(true)
                .withHiddenFiles(true)
                .start();
    }

    @Override
    protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
        super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
        if (requestCode == 1 && resultCode == RESULT_OK) {

            String filePath = data.getStringExtra(FilePickerActivity.RESULT_FILE_PATH);
            Log.e("FILE_PATH", filePath);
            ParseXML(filePath);
        }

    }

    @Override
    public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, @NonNull String[] permissions,
                                           @NonNull int[] grantResults) {
        super.onRequestPermissionsResult(requestCode, permissions, grantResults);
        if (requestCode == 1) {
            if (grantResults[0] == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
                Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission granted", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

                pickFile();
            } else {
                Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, " READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission not granted", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            }
        }

    }

    private void ParseXML(String path) {


        File yourFile = new File(path);

        DocumentBuilderFactory dbFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
        DocumentBuilder dBuilder;

        try {

            dBuilder = dbFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
            Document doc = dBuilder.parse(yourFile);
            doc.getDocumentElement().normalize();

            Log.e("Root_element", doc.getDocumentElement().getNodeName());
            NodeList nodeList = doc.getElementsByTagName("OKV");

            modelArrayList = new ArrayList<Model>();


            for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) {

                Element element = (Element) nodeList.item(i);

                Model model = new Model();
                model.setrValue(element.getAttribute("r"));
                model.setaValue(element.getAttribute("a"));
                model.setgValue(element.getAttribute("g"));
                model.setmValue(element.getAttribute("m"));
                model.seteValue(element.getAttribute("e"));
                model.setdValue(element.getAttribute("d"));
                model.setiValue(element.getAttribute("i"));
                model.setnValue(element.getAttribute("n"));
                model.setvValue(element.getAttribute("v"));

                modelArrayList.add(model);


            }

            for (int i = 0; i < modelArrayList.size(); i++) {

                Log.e("DATA_VALUE", modelArrayList.get(i).getaValue());
                Log.e("DATA_VALUE", modelArrayList.get(i).getdValue());
                Log.e("DATA_VALUE", modelArrayList.get(i).geteValue());
                Log.e("DATA_VALUE", modelArrayList.get(i).getnValue());
                Log.e("DATA_VALUE", modelArrayList.get(i).getvValue());
                Log.e("DATA_VALUE", modelArrayList.get(i).getgValue());
                Log.e("DATA_VALUE", modelArrayList.get(i).getrValue());
                Log.e("DATA_VALUE", modelArrayList.get(i).getiValue());
                Log.e("DATA_VALUE", modelArrayList.get(i).getmValue());
            }
        } catch (SAXException | ParserConfigurationException | IOException e1) {
            e1.printStackTrace();
        }

    }


}

NOTE for file picker i have used AndroidFileExplorer

i m getting this error :: Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke interface method 'org.w3c.dom.NodeList org.w3c.dom.Node.getChildNodes()' on a null object reference at this line NodeList nodeList = element.getElementsByTagName(tag).item(0).getChildNodes(); — Dhaval Jotaniya, Jan 19 '19 at 05:32

MadLeo · Answer 2 · 2019-01-18T10:38:35.813

1

For above xml sample you can try the below parser

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

    ArrayList<String> r_no;
    int count;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
         r_no = new ArrayList<String>();

         try {
         File file = new File("mnt/sdcard/yourxmlfile.xml");
         InputStream is = new FileInputStream(file.getPath());
         DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
         DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
         Document doc = db.parse(new InputSource(is));
         doc.getDocumentElement().normalize();

         NodeList n = doc.getElementsByTagName("OKV");

         for (int j = 0; j < n.getLength(); j++) {
             Node node = n.item(j);

             Element fstElmnt = (Element) node;

             r_no.add(fstElmnt.getAttribute("r"));

        }
     } catch (Exception e) {
         System.out.println("XML Pasing Excpetion = " + e);
     }
 }
}

For more info check official Document

edited Jan 18 '19 at 10:38

answered Jan 16 '19 at 10:20

MadLeo

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didnt get the output how do i get all elements r, a, g, m, e, d, i, n ,v for single data – Dhaval Jotaniya Jan 18 '19 at 10:23
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fstElmnt.getAttribute("r") this will return for r, so same way you can pass the key to get the value for a, g, m, e, d, i, n ,v too – MadLeo Jan 18 '19 at 10:30
why for loop ? thats confusing to me – Dhaval Jotaniya Jan 18 '19 at 10:47
@DhavalJotaniya i just wrote this code for you to get a idea, let me chk this in system once then i will update – MadLeo Jan 18 '19 at 10:50

read external XML files in Android

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