Java/Android get array from xml
- by Ashley
I have a list of longitude and longitude points in an xml file that is used throughout my application. I find my self repeating this code to get points often and think there must be a better way?
String[] mTempArray = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.stations);
int len = mTempArray.length;
mStationArray = new ArrayList<Station>();
for(int i = 0; i < len; i++){
Station s = new Station();
String[] fields = mTempArray[i].split("[\t ]");
s.setValuesFromArray(fields);
Log.i("ADD STATION", ""+s);
mStationArray.add(s);
}
XML is in the format of:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<array name="stations">
<item>
<name>Station name</name>
<longitude>1111111</longitude>
<latitude>11111</latitude>
<code>1</code>
</item>
And another (possible) problem is that to get just one station I have to get all of them and pull the one I want from the array. Is this going to be considerably slower? Can I make this array consistent throughout the app? (But keeping the separate Intent methodology)
