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Gilles Debunne55f4a602010-06-17 15:02:41 -07001<p>This sample demonstrates the use of XML adapters.</p>
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3<p>An XML Adapter is an XML file which defines the bindings between the data
4retrieved from a
5<a href="../../../reference/android/content/ContentProvider.html"><code>ContentProvider</code></a>
6and the different views of a layout. They are provided by the
7<a href="../../../reference/android/widget/Adapters.html"><code>Adapters</code></a>
8class.</p>
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10Three list activities are provided which illustrate this:
11<ul>
12 <li><a href="src/com/example/android/xmladapters/ContactsListActivity.html"><strong>
13 ContactsListActivity</strong></a> uses the device's Contacts provider as its input source.
14 Contacts with a phone number are displayed, their photo being retrieved by a dedicated
15 <a href="src/com/example/android/xmladapters/ContactPhotoBinder.html"><code>ContactPhotoBinder
16 </code></a>.</li>
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18 <li><a href="src/com/example/android/xmladapters/PhotosListActivity.html"><strong>
19 PhotosListActivity</strong></a> retrieves an RSS photo feed and displays the images and their
20 titles. The images are downloaded from the URL found in the feed using the
21 <a href="src/com/example/android/xmladapters/ImageDownloader.html"><code>ImageDownloader</code>
22 </a> helper class.</li>
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24 <li><a href="src/com/example/android/xmladapters/RssReaderActivity.html"><strong>
25 RssReaderActivity</strong></a> also displays items extracted from an RSS feed. An additional
26 <a href="src/com/example/android/xmladapters/UrlIntentListener.html"><code>UrlIntentListener
27 </code></a> is used to open a browser when one of the news item is tapped.</li>
28</ul>
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30<img alt="XmlPhotosAdapter" src="../images/XmlPhotosAdapter.png" />
31<img alt="XmlRssReader" src="../images/XmlRssReader.png" />