I am trying to parse a RSS2.0 feed, obtained from a remote server, on my Android device using XML Pull Parser.
// get a parser instance and set input,encoding
XmlPullParser parser = Xml.newPullParser();
parser.setInput(getInputStream(), null);
I am getting invalid token exceptions after a few items have been parsed:
Error parsing document. (position:line
-1, column -1) caused by: org.apache.harmony.xml.ExpatParser$ParseException:
At line 158, column 25: not
well-formed (invalid token)
Strangely, when I download the feed XML on the device, bundle it inside the raw folder and then run the same code. Everything works fine.
What could be the problem here? How do I validate the XML before I parse it on device?
[EDIT: If this is set: parser.setProperty(XmlPullParser.FEATURE_VALIDATION,true); parsing fails immediately]
Thanks.
I posted an answer to this in your other post: http://www.coderanch.com/t/495391/XML/Parsing-RSS-feeds-XML-Pull#2230731