Question

I am trying to read an xml file from android application but xml file is being generated from php instantly (so the file is .php)

When i am asking on that url from java i get this error : Expected file scheme in URI : “http://someserver.com/foo/bar/Myuri.php”

try {
          File file = new File(new URI("http://someserver.com/foo/bar/Myuri.php"));
          DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
          DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
          Document doc = db.parse(file);
          doc.getDocumentElement().normalize();
          System.out.println("Root element " + doc.getDocumentElement().getNodeName());
          NodeList nodeLst = doc.getElementsByTagName("employee");
          //System.out.println("Information of all employees");

          for (int s = 0; s < nodeLst.getLength(); s++) {

            Node fstNode = nodeLst.item(s);

            if (fstNode.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {

                   Element fstElmnt = (Element) fstNode;
              NodeList fstNmElmntLst = fstElmnt.getElementsByTagName("name");
              Element fstNmElmnt = (Element) fstNmElmntLst.item(0);
              NodeList fstNm = fstNmElmnt.getChildNodes();
              System.out.println("Name : "  + ((Node) fstNm.item(0)).getNodeValue());
              NodeList lstNmElmntLst = fstElmnt.getElementsByTagName("lastname");
              Element lstNmElmnt = (Element) lstNmElmntLst.item(0);
              NodeList lstNm = lstNmElmnt.getChildNodes();
              System.out.println("Last Name : " + ((Node) lstNm.item(0)).getNodeValue());
            }

          }
          } catch (Exception e) {
            alertDialog.setMessage(e.getMessage());
            alertDialog.show();
          }

Answer 1

EDIT: Okay, now we’ve got some code, let’s look at the important line:

File file = new File(new URI("http://someserver.com/foo/bar/Myuri.php"));

The File class is for files. Not arbitrary URIs. It’s expecting a file scheme in the URI, e.g. file://.

Basically, you can’t use File to get stuff off the web. That’s not what it’s there for. Use an HTTP library, e.g. HttpClient.