Get XML parse event; using XmlResourceParser.getEventType()

The XML parsing interface returned for an XML resource. This is a standard XmlPullParser interface, as well as an extended AttributeSet interface and an additional close() method on this interface for the client to indicate when it is done reading the resource.

Normally, xml file will be placed under /res/xml/ folder; as a example /res/layout/main.xml is used here.

package com.exercise.XmlResourceParser;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.res.XmlResourceParser;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class AndroidXmlParserActivity extends Activity {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        TextView result = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.result);
        
        String XmlParseResult = getXmlEvent();
        result.setText(XmlParseResult);
    }
    
    private String getXmlEvent(){
     String xmlResult = "";
     
     //Normally, the XML files should be placed under /res/xml/ folder
     //XmlResourceParser xmlResourceParser = getResources().getXml(R.xml.xxx);
     XmlResourceParser xmlResourceParser = getResources().getXml(R.layout.main);
     
     try {
      int eventType;
      do{ 
       xmlResourceParser.next();
    eventType = xmlResourceParser.getEventType();
    
    switch(eventType){
    case XmlPullParser.START_DOCUMENT:
     xmlResult += "START_DOCUMENT\n";
     break;
    case XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT:
     xmlResult += "END_DOCUMENT\n";
     break;
    case XmlPullParser.START_TAG:
     xmlResult += "START_TAG: " + xmlResourceParser.getName() + "\n";
     break;
    case XmlPullParser.END_TAG:
     xmlResult += "END_TAG: " + xmlResourceParser.getName() + "\n";
     break;
    case XmlPullParser.TEXT:
     xmlResult += "TEXT: " + xmlResourceParser.getText() + "\n";
     break;
    }

      }while (eventType != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT);
   
  } catch (XmlPullParserException e) {
   // TODO Auto-generated catch block
   e.printStackTrace();
  } catch (IOException e) {
   // TODO Auto-generated catch block
   e.printStackTrace();
  }

     return xmlResult; 
    }
}

/res/layout/main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    >
<TextView  
    android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
    android:text="@string/hello"
    />
<TextView  
    android:id="@+id/result"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
    />
</LinearLayout>

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