Question

I have the following type of XML that I’m trying to parse.

The code that I’m using to parse is this one:

parser.nextTag();
parser.require(XmlPullParser.START_TAG, null, "feed");

while(parser.nextTag() == XmlPullParser.START_TAG) {
    parser.require(XmlPullParser.START_TAG, null, "item");
    System.out.println(parser.getName());
    parser.require(XmlPullParser.END_TAG, null, "item");
}

Could someone please tell me what I’m doing wrong? The error I’m getting is XmlPullParserException unexpected type position: TEXT SORIN

Answer 1

parser.getName() gives you the name of the current tag (e.g. “item”). You want the text content of the current tag.

Change System.out.println(parser.getName()); to

parser.require(XmlPullParser.TEXT);
System.out.println(parser.getText());

It will still fail at the atom tag because it has no text, but I think you get the idea. Well, actually it will fail at the atom tag because you expect only item tags, but again that wasn’t really the question.