Android RSS/ATOM feeds parsing with ROME

Wanna parse RSS feeds using your Android pimp-mobile….well, here’s how!

ROME is my all time fav in terms of Java RSS syndication feed parsing. It has some nifty features such as HTTP conditional GETs, ETags and GZip compression. It also covers a wide range of formats from RSS 0.90 – RSS 2.0, and Atom 0.3 & 1.0.

NOTES:

1. Modify your AndroidManifest.xml to allow for internet browsing.
2. Download the appropriate JAR files.
3. There are differences in versions, and requires the jdom library. The version that worked for me are included in my download link provided:

• rome-0.9.jar
• jdom-1.0.jar

Download: AndroidRss.zip

File: AndroidManifest.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest
	xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
	package="com.pfizer.android"
	android:versionCode="1"
	android:versionName="1.0">
	<application
		android:icon="@drawable/icon"
		android:label="@string/app_name">
		<activity
			android:name=".AndroidRss"
			android:label="@string/app_name">
			<intent-filter>
				<action
					android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
				<category
					android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
			</intent-filter>
		</activity>
	</application>
	<uses-permission
		android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"></uses-permission>
</manifest> 

File: main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
	xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
	android:orientation="vertical"
	android:layout_width="fill_parent"
	android:layout_height="fill_parent">

	<TableLayout
		android:id="@+id/table"
		android:layout_width="fill_parent"
		android:layout_height="wrap_content"
		android:stretchColumns="0">
		<TableRow
			android:id="@+id/top_add_entry_row"
			android:layout_height="wrap_content"
			android:layout_width="fill_parent">

			<EditText
				android:id="@+id/rssURL"
				android:hint="Enter RSS URL"
				android:singleLine="true"
				android:maxLines="1"
				android:maxWidth="220dp"
				android:layout_width="wrap_content"
				android:layout_height="wrap_content">
			</EditText>
			<Button
				android:id="@+id/goButton"
				android:text="Go"
				android:layout_width="fill_parent"
				android:layout_height="wrap_content">
			</Button>
		</TableRow>
	</TableLayout>

	<!--  Mid Panel -->
	<ListView
		android:id="@+id/ListView"
		android:layout_weight="1"
		android:layout_width="fill_parent"
		android:layout_height="wrap_content">
	</ListView>

	<Button
		android:id="@+id/clearButton"
		android:text="Clear"
		android:layout_width="fill_parent"
		android:layout_height="wrap_content">
	</Button>
</LinearLayout>

File: AndroidRss.java

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.Toast;
import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemClickListener;

import com.sun.syndication.feed.synd.SyndEntry;
import com.sun.syndication.feed.synd.SyndFeed;
import com.sun.syndication.io.FeedException;
import com.sun.syndication.io.SyndFeedInput;
import com.sun.syndication.io.XmlReader;

public class AndroidRss extends Activity
	{
		/** Called when the activity is first created. */

		private int selectedItemIndex = 0;

		private final ArrayList list = new ArrayList();
		private EditText text;
		private ListView listView;
		private Button goButton;
		private Button clearButton;
		private ArrayAdapter adapter = null;

		@Override
		public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
			{
				super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
				setContentView(R.layout.main);

				text = (EditText) this.findViewById(R.id.rssURL);
				goButton = (Button) this.findViewById(R.id.goButton);
				goButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener()
					{
						@Override
						public void onClick(View v)
							{
								String rss = text.getText().toString().trim();
								getRSS(rss);
							}
					});

				clearButton = (Button) this.findViewById(R.id.clearButton);
				clearButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener()
					{
						@Override
						public void onClick(View v)
							{
								adapter.clear();
								adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
							}
					});

				listView = (ListView) this.findViewById(R.id.ListView);
				listView.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener()
					{
						@Override
						public void onItemClick(AdapterView parent, View view, int position, long duration)
							{
								selectedItemIndex = position;
								Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Selected " + adapter.getItem(position) + " @ " + position, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
							}
					});

				adapter = new ArrayAdapter(this, R.layout.dataview, R.id.ListItemView);
				listView.setAdapter(adapter);

			}

		private void getRSS(String rss)
			{

				URL feedUrl;
				try
					{
						Log.d("DEBUG", "Entered:" + rss);
						feedUrl = new URL(rss);

						SyndFeedInput input = new SyndFeedInput();
						SyndFeed feed = input.build(new XmlReader(feedUrl));
						List entries = feed.getEntries();
						Toast.makeText(this, "#Feeds retrieved: " + entries.size(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);

						Iterator iterator = entries.listIterator();
						while (iterator.hasNext())
							{
								SyndEntry ent = (SyndEntry) iterator.next();
								String title = ent.getTitle();
								adapter.add(title);
							}
						adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();

					}
				catch (MalformedURLException e)
					{
						e.printStackTrace();
					}
				catch (IllegalArgumentException e)
					{
						e.printStackTrace();
					}
				catch (FeedException e)
					{
						e.printStackTrace();
					}
				catch (IOException e)
					{
						e.printStackTrace();
					}
			}

		private void clearTextFields()
			{
				Log.d("DEBUG", "clearTextFields()");
				this.text.setText("");
			}
	}