How to fetch data from XML

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Is there any way to fetch data in XML file? I want to create an App that shows feed lists, like in facebook and I will get the data in XML.

I am new in developing an Android App.

Thank you!

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I just did this myself actually. Make sure your have the $http dependency. Download the X2JS library. Then it’s as simple as:

$http.get("/data/appdata.xml").success(function (data) {
            var x2js = new X2JS();
            var jsonData = x2js.xml_str2json(data);
        });
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can you please give me some sample app that fetch data from XML? Thanks!

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Like Emir wrote, to fetch data from a xml file you can send an ordinary GET-Request to its destination.

AngularJS provides therefore the $http service.
With $http.get(URL) you make a get request to this url/path.

if your request was successfully finished ->
$http(URL).success(function (data) {
// success case
});
is called.

On “data” you will found your xml content of the file.

To work with xml data you need to convert the xml-structur (string) to an object.
That is why Emir referenced the X2JS module.

with

var x2js = new X2JS();
var jsonData = x2js.xml_str2json(data);

you will create a new X2JS intance, which has a method xml_str2json. This function accepts one parameter (the xml-data-string) and converts this to an object.

This is a real full example for your purpose.
If you do not know how to include external javascript libs or sending requests… you have to read some tutorials about.

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Thank You very much. I have not asked you directly anything. But This answer has helped me a lot