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Using XML and JSON with Android, Part 1: Explore the benefits of JSON and XML in Android applications

Consider both XML and JSON data-interchanges formats for use on the Android platform


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Text version the parsed XML data on a mobile phone screen (Figure 4)

XMLvsJSON
      [Parse XML]  [Parse JSON file]
XML parsed data.
There are [20] status updates.

Date: Thu Apr 29 05:25:29 +0000 2010
Post: Wrapping up new articles on JSON for
Android programmers...

Date: Thu Apr 27 16:39:10 +0000 2010
Post: taking photos with Android's built-in camera.
And a hidden (but easy) puzzle. http://lnkd.in/
cbwEGF

Date: Thu Apr 22 20:20:23 +0000 2010
Post: Launched beta version of iPhone app today
for a client.

Date: Thu Apr 19 15:53:13 +0000 2010
Post: There is a worm in Apple's iOS 4.0 http://
lnked.in6ajf3m

Date: Thu Apr 17 23:20:48 +0000 2010
Post: Interesting development in iPad land -- 
don't bring it to Israel. http://lnkd.in/b7VPxR

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