When we write a XML in android, you can choose difference ways, in this case we recommend XMLSerializer
, which is an efficient and maintainable way to parse XML on Android.
Implements an XML serializer supporting both DOM and SAX pretty serializing.
We put this simple line:
xmlSerializer.setOutput(writer); xmlSerializer.startDocument("UTF-8", true); xmlSerializer.startTag(null, "doc"); xmlSerializer.startTag(ns, country); xmlSerializer.text(filmObject.getCountry()); xmlSerializer.endTag(ns, country); xmlSerializer.endTag(ns, "doc"); xmlSerializer.endDocument(); xmlSerializer.flush();
We made a example with films:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' standalone='yes' ?> <doc> <film title="Scarface"> <runningTime>163 min.</runningTime> <country>USA</country> <director>Brian De Palma</director> <cast><name>Al</name> <surname>Pacino</surname><name> Steven</name> <surname>Bauer</surname><name>Michelle</name><surname>Pfeiffer</surname> <name>Mary Elizabeth</name> <surname>Mastrantonio</surname> </cast> </film> <film title="Hitman"> <runningTime>96 min.</runningTime> <country>USA</country> <director>Aleksander Bach</director> <cast><name>Rupert</name> <surname>Friend</surname> <name>Zachary</name> <surname>Quinto</surname> <name>Hannah</name> <surname>Ware</surname> <name>Ciarán</name> <surname>Hinds</surname> </cast> </film> <film title="Out of Africa"> <runningTime>160 min.</runningTime> <country>USA</country> <director>Sydney Pollack</director> <cast> <name>Robert</name> <surname>Redford</surname> <name>Meryl</name> <surname>Streep</surname> <name>Klaus Maria</name> <surname>Brandauer</surname> <name>Michael</name> <surname>Kitchen</surname> </cast> </film> </doc>
In your activity you can put this lines with this films:
public void writeXml(List<Film> films) { try { FileOutputStream fileOutputStream = new FileOutputStream(mFileOutPut); XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = Xml.newSerializer(); StringWriter writer = new StringWriter(); xmlSerializer.setOutput(writer); xmlSerializer.startDocument("UTF-8", true); xmlSerializer.startTag(null, "doc"); insertFilms(xmlSerializer, films); xmlSerializer.endTag(ns, "doc"); xmlSerializer.endDocument(); xmlSerializer.flush(); String dataWrite = writer.toString(); fileOutputStream.write(dataWrite.getBytes()); fileOutputStream.close(); } catch (FileNotFoundException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } catch (IllegalStateException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } public void insertFilms(XmlSerializer xmlSerializer, List<Film> films) throws IOException { final String film = "film"; String title = "title"; String runningTime = "runningTime"; String country = "country"; String director = "director"; String cast = "cast"; Film filmObject; for (int i=0; i<films.size(); i++) { filmObject = films.get(i); xmlSerializer.startTag(ns, film); xmlSerializer.attribute(ns, title, filmObject.getTitle()); xmlSerializer.startTag(ns, runningTime); xmlSerializer.text(filmObject.getRunningTime()); xmlSerializer.endTag(ns, runningTime); xmlSerializer.startTag(ns, country); xmlSerializer.text(filmObject.getCountry()); xmlSerializer.endTag(ns, country); xmlSerializer.startTag(ns, director); xmlSerializer.text(filmObject.getDirector()); xmlSerializer.endTag(ns, director); xmlSerializer.startTag(ns, cast); insertCast(xmlSerializer, filmObject.getCast()); xmlSerializer.endTag(ns, cast); xmlSerializer.endTag(null, film); } } public void insertCast (XmlSerializer xmlSerializer, List<Actor> cast) throws IOException { String name = "name"; String surname = "surname"; Actor actor; for (int i=0; i<cast.size(); i++) { actor = cast.get(i); xmlSerializer.startTag(null, name); xmlSerializer.text(actor.getName()); xmlSerializer.endTag(null, name); xmlSerializer.startTag(null, surname); xmlSerializer.text(actor.getSurname()); xmlSerializer.endTag(null, surname); } }