How to get xml file from drawable folder Android

Question

I have an xml file on a web page http://api.androidhive.info/music/music.xml on my application I use

static final String URL = "http://api.androidhive.info/music/music.xml";
String xml = parser.getXmlFromUrl(URL);

works fine but know I have put this file in my Android resource folder. So how do I get my file from android drawable folder like this R.drawble.music.xml instead of web page. http://api.androidhive.info/music/music.xml

Answer 1

Put the xml into /res/raw folder.

Then use :

InputStream is=getResources().openRawResource(R.raw.my_xml);

Then use this parser XML PULL PARSER

XmlPullParser xpp=XmlPullParserFactory.newInstance().newPullParser();
xpp.setInput(is,"your-encoding");

Thanks.

Answer 2

Try this:

String file = "res/drawable/music.xml";
XmlResourceParser parser = getContext().getAssets().openXmlResourceParser(file);

or in Kotlin:

val file = "res/drawable/music.xml"
val parser = context.assets.openXmlResourceParser(file)

It worked for me. And then you can look for examples of XmlPullParser to know how to use it.