Where do I put (and how do I read) my own custom XML in Android?

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Sorry, this seems like such an obvious question, but I just can't find an answer in the docs...

I have my own XML doc (not Android related) that I need to pull and parse at run time.

Where do I store it and what's the best way to retrieve it? Do I just read it as a text document into an XML parser? Or does Android come prepared to hand me back a parsed XML object from a well formed xml?

TIA

Ron · Answer 1 · 2011-10-11T17:41:11.173

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You can put it in assets folder of your project.

For parsing you can use openXmlResourceParser(filename) method of AssetsManager class

XmlResourceParser parser = getResources().getAssets().openXmlResourceParser (String fileName);

edited Oct 11 '11 at 17:41

answered Oct 11 '11 at 17:23

Ron

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check this tutorial for accessing files from `raw` and `assets` folders : http://www.41post.com/3985/programming/android-loading-files-from-the-assets-and-raw-folders – Ron Oct 11 '11 at 17:29

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 11 '11 at 17:26

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Put it in a xml folder in res.

answered Oct 11 '11 at 17:26

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@Dr.Dredel you should be able to access your file with `R.xml.file_name` (http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.xml.html) – user Oct 11 '11 at 17:33

score 2 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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Best way is to put your xml in assets folder and read xml from assets.

Read xml from assets

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answered Oct 11 '11 at 17:42

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Where do I put (and how do I read) my own custom XML in Android?

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