Previously, we learn about Android XML Processing with the DOM Parser. Now we see how to use SAX parser in Android.

Android provides the facility to parse the xml file using SAX, DOM etc. parsers. The SAX parser cannot be used to create the XML file, it can be used to parse the xml file only.

It consumes less memory than DOM parser.

1. Create an android

2. Add textview in activity_main.xml 

    <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MainActivity" >
 
    <TextView
          android:id="@+id/textView1"
          android:layout_width="wrap_content"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
          android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
          android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
          android:layout_marginLeft="86dp"
          android:layout_marginTop="77dp"
          android:textSize="20sp"   />
 
</RelativeLayout> 

3. Create a xml file inside assets folder and add data records in xml format 

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<records>
<employee>
<name>Adney</name>
<salary>25000</salary>
</employee>
<employee>
<name>Kaarle</name>
<salary>60000</salary>
</employee>
<employee>
<name>John Mike</name>
<salary>70000</salary>
</employee>
 
</records>

4. Now paste following code in Mainactivity class 

 
package com.javatpoint.domxmlparsing;
 
import java.io.InputStream;
import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser;
import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory;
import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
import org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.TextView;
 
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
     TextView  tv;
 
     @Override
     public  void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
          super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
          setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
          tv  = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textView1);
          try  {
          //    SAXParserFactory defines a factory API that enables applications
            // to configure and  obtain a SAX based parser to parse XML documents.
      SAXParserFactory  factory = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
 
            SAXParser  saxParser = factory.newSAXParser();
 
            DefaultHandler  handler = new DefaultHandler() {
 
                 boolean  name = false;
 
                 boolean  salary = false;
 
         // Receive  notification of the beginning of an element.
     public  void startElement(String uri, String localName,
                             String  qName, Attributes attributes)
                             throws  SAXException {
                        if  (qName.equalsIgnoreCase("name")) {
                             name  = true;
                        }
                        if  (qName.equalsIgnoreCase("salary")) {
                             salary  = true;
                        }
                   }// end of  startElement method
                        // Receive  notification of the end of a document.
 
            public  void endElement(String uri, String localName,
                             String qName) throws SAXException {
                   }
 
                   // Receive notification of character data.
       public void characters(char ch[], int start, int length)
                             throws SAXException {
                        if (name) {
 
                       tv.setText(tv.getText() + "\n\n Name : "
                               + new String(ch, start, length));
                             name = false;
                        }
                        if (salary) {
                        tv.setText(tv.getText() + "\n Salary : "
                               + new String(ch, start, length));
                             salary = false;
                        }
                   }// end of characters
 
              };// end of DefaultHandler object
 
              InputStream is = getAssets().open("file.xml");
              saxParser.parse(is, handler);
 
          } catch (Exception e) {
              e.printStackTrace();
          }
     }
} 

Now run your application