Java Xml Parser In Android

Question

I am getting a Response in XML format

<item>
<title>
<![CDATA[
28. Februar 2013, FY/Q4 2012 Investoren-Telefonkonferenz
]]>
</title>
<author>
<![CDATA[ BAYER AG - Investorveranstaltungen ]]>
</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Rede von Dr. Marijn Dekkers, Vorsitzender des Vorstands der Bayer AG, Investoren-Telefonkonferenz zu den Ergebnissen des Geschaeftsjahres und des 4. Quartals 2012. (Auf...
]]>
</description>
<link>
http://www.webvideo.bayer.com/downloads/9208/9212/12312/file.mp3
</link>
<content:encoded>
<![CDATA[
<p>Rede von Dr. Marijn Dekkers, Vorsitzender des Vorstands der Bayer AG, Investoren-Telefonkonferenz zu den Ergebnissen des Geschaeftsjahres und des 4. Quartals 2012. (Auf Englisch)</p>
]]>
</content:encoded>
<category>ISIN_DE000BAY0017</category>
<category>ISIN_DE000BAY0017</category>
<category>podcast</category>
</item>
<item>
<title>
<![CDATA[
2013-01-30 - Analyst &amp; Investor Conference - Welcome Marc Spieker, Head of Investor Relations
]]>
</title>
<author>
<![CDATA[ E.ON Podcast ]]>
</author>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description>
<![CDATA[ Analyst &amp; Investor... ]]>
</description>
<link>
http://www.thomson-webcast.net/de/portals/download.mp3?portal_id=315d3fce100b408b41a2c66bb982a367&presentation_id=d43466300a1a8ced8324011b593fb05a&video_id=24ae8f409449411695c0729760646bf7
</link>
<content:encoded>
<![CDATA[ <p>Analyst & Investor Conference</p> ]]>
</content:encoded>
<category>ISIN_DE000ENAG999</category>
<category>ISIN_DE000ENAG999</category>
<category>podcast</category>
</item>

I write a Parser to retrieve data from response .

But the Problem is .When i test this in 2.1 device , It works as follows, I tested with Android 2.2 ,android 2.2.1 it works fine . Can any body tell me whats the problem

    <link>
      http://www.webvideo.bayer.com/downloads/9208/9212/12312/file.mp3
   </link>

I am able retrieve the link correctly But when in another case , I failed

    <link>
     http://www.thomson-webcast.net/de/portals/download.mp3?portal_id=315d3fce100b408b41a2c66bb982a367&presentation_id=d43466300a1a8ced8324011b593fb05a&video_id=24ae8f409449411695c0729760646bf7
    </link>

When i parse the result is

 http://www.thomson-webcast.net/de/portals/download.mp3?portal_id=315d3fce100b408b41a2c66bb982a367

Data after & is missing . I saw this only in android 2.1 .Can anybody Suggest me what could be wrong??

gaborsch · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-05 11:45:59Z

1

Probably the link text should be also in CDATA section, or have the & marks converted to &

The &presentation_id... is considered as an (unresolved) XML entity.

Solution 1 (with CDATA):

<link>
    <![CDATA[http://www.thomson-webcast.net/de/portals/download.mp3?portal_id=315d3fce100b408b41a2c66bb982a367&presentation_id=d43466300a1a8ced8324011b593fb05a&video_id=24ae8f409449411695c0729760646bf7]]>
</link>

Solution 2 with &:

<link>
    http://www.thomson-webcast.net/de/portals/download.mp3?portal_id=315d3fce100b408b41a2c66bb982a367&amp;presentation_id=d43466300a1a8ced8324011b593fb05a&amp;video_id=24ae8f409449411695c0729760646bf7
</link>

edited Mar 5, 2013 at 11:45

answered Mar 5, 2013 at 11:40

gaborsch

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gaborsch Over a year ago

Try to change the server output. I put examples in the answer.

edwin Over a year ago

But my parser works correctly in other android Version . Only problem with Android 2.1

gaborsch Over a year ago

You can try a different parser, there may be differences between them. Actually, the 2.1 parser is correct: it its not a valid XML. It seems that later the parser was extended to be more lean, that's why this example is working on 2.2+ versions. So, the correct way is to change the server output.

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