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XML parsing-best method, general discussion

I am relatively new to programing and have been teaching myself as I go. I am trying to now integrate ESPN's API into my app which outputs XML data. I have done enough research to understand that I need to use an XML parser and that the XML can be displayed as a list view or web view by adding HTML markup.
I would like this thread to become a general discussion for all new developers on what XML parsing is and what it does. How it works, the code behind it etc.
I am currently trying to modify a code snippet from the developer.google.com website.

Android includes built in libraries for XML Parsing.
You can see a minimal use of the library here:
Code:
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.StringReader;
import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserFactory;
public class SimpleXmlPullApp
{
public static void main (String args[])
throws XmlPullParserException, IOException
{
XmlPullParserFactory factory = XmlPullParserFactory.newInstance();
factory.setNamespaceAware(true);
XmlPullParser xpp = factory.newPullParser();
xpp.setInput( new StringReader ( "<foo>Hello World!</foo>" ) );
int eventType = xpp.getEventType();
while (eventType != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT) {
if(eventType == XmlPullParser.START_DOCUMENT) {
System.out.println("Start document");
} else if(eventType == XmlPullParser.START_TAG) {
System.out.println("Start tag "+xpp.getName());
} else if(eventType == XmlPullParser.END_TAG) {
System.out.println("End tag "+xpp.getName());
} else if(eventType == XmlPullParser.TEXT) {
System.out.println("Text "+xpp.getText());
}
eventType = xpp.next();
}
System.out.println("End document");
}
}
So essentially, you can grab the xml from ESPN, save it to a file, parse it with that library, and output as desired.
Full details here: http://developer.android.com/reference/org/xmlpull/v1/XmlPullParser.html

the fastest way I know is the parser written in c/c++ and compiled with ndk.

bitpushr said:
Android includes built in libraries for XML Parsing.
So essentially, you can grab the xml from ESPN, save it to a file, parse it with that library, and output as desired.
Full details here: http://developer.android.com/reference/org/xmlpull/v1/XmlPullParser.html
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I will have to try out this code. Because I am learning as I go there are many things in java I don't yet understand which ultimately make it a lot harder to accomplish tasks but I am slowly catching on

If you want to do this in a .NET (Windows x86/64, Windows Mobile, Windows Phone) environment, or a Linux MONO environment then the following will carry out the bare minimum of parsing.
Assuming you have the data in an XML file :- PARAMS.XML in the same folder as the program, created similar to this:
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<PARAMS>
<Library>TESTLIB</Library>
<Source>C:\RetData\</Source>
</PARAMS>
Then the following C# code will read and extract the parameters:
Code:
using System.Xml;
string LibName,RetDir;
XmlReader xrdr = XmlReader.Create(Application.StartupPath+"\\PARAMS.xml");
xrdr.ReadToFollowing("Library");
Libname=xrdr.ReadElementContentAsString();
xrdr.ReadToFollowing("Source");
RetDir = xrdr.ReadElementContentAsString();
xrdr.Close();
After executing this code then:
LibName = "TESTLIB"
RetDir = "C:\RetData\"
CAVEAT:
I mentioned that this is the bare minimum. An XmlReader object is a forward only reader. Also, this code has no error checking.
In this case the elements must be read in the order they occur or the reader will encounter a null element and throw an error.

[Q] Change layout from VolumePanel

Hey there,
at the moment I'm trying to create my first Xposed Module. My wish to give the VolumePanel a new look. I found the layout and the code for the VolumePanel in AOSP here:
Code
Layout
Now I want to modify this layout but I can't get it work. I'm not sure in which package the VolumePanel is after the compilation of Android. I tried wit this code here:
Code:
resparam.res.hookLayout("android", "layout", "volume_adjust", new XC_LayoutInflated()
{
@Override
public void handleLayoutInflated(LayoutInflatedParam liparam) throws Throwable
{
Log.d("ME", "Layout infaleted");
LinearLayout ll = new LinearLayout(liparam.view.getContext());
ll.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);
ll.addView(liparam.view);
liparam.view = ll;
}
});
If I try it with this code the function is never called. As you can see here I'm trying to wrap the whole layout with a LinearLayout (for the beginning).
I'm also not realy sure if I can call the last line of code and overwrite the variable view. Is that okay or do I have to do it in another way? (but I know that the xml is in the framework-res.apk)
Would be great if you can help me with this: Can I overwrite the view in the way I do and where can I get the packageName of the volumeView?
Kind regards
Cilenco

[Q] Does anybody uses Volley to send http request in Xposed module?

Volley is an HTTP library that makes networking for Android apps easier and faster.
We need to set the context before sending requests, according to nameless-technology.blogspot.com /2013/11/custom-system-service-using-xposedbridge.html, my testing code was:
Code:
public void handleLoadPackage(XC_LoadPackage.LoadPackageParam lpparam) throws Throwable {
...
protected void beforeHookedMethod(MethodHookParam param) throws
Throwable {
...
Context context = (Context) param.getResult();
RequestQueue queue = Volley.newRequestQueue(context);
StringRequest stringRequest = new StringRequest(Request.Method.GET, url,
new Response.Listener<String>() {
@Override
public void onResponse(String response) {
msgs_g = response;
}
}, new Response.ErrorListener() {
@Override
public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {
msgs_g = "That didn't work!";
}
});
queue.add(stringRequest);
However, when the module was loading, there's an exception:
Code:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.android.volley.toolbox.Volley.newRequestQueue(Volley.java:45)
at com.android.volley.toolbox.Volley.newRequestQueue(Volley.java:105)
at com.android.volley.toolbox.Volley.newRequestQueue(Volley.java:115)
at xptest.tk.xpvolley.Sendoh$1.beforeHookedMethod(Sendoh.java:61)
at de.robv.android.xposed.XposedBridge.handleHookedMethod(XposedBridge.java:611)

From code you provided it's not clear what method exactly you are hooking. But some remarks, anyway:
- are you sure original method returns context?
- I'm not sure whether using getResult() in before hook is a good practice, as you are basically asking for a return value when method was not executed, yet.
You should try after hook instead

C3C076 said:
From code you provided it's not clear what method exactly you are hooking. But some remarks, anyway:
- are you sure original method returns context?
- I'm not sure whether using getResult() in before hook is a good practice, as you are basically asking for a return value when method was not executed, yet.
You should try after hook instead
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@C3C076 Thanks for your reply.
I just modified the code from `beforeHookedMethod` to `afterHookedMethod`, at this time, I got nothing in my log.
What I want to hook is the function `dispatchSensorEvent` in the `android.hardware.SystemSensorManager$SensorEventQueue` class. Actually I don't whether this method returns context, thanks for reminding me.
Finally I used `AsyncTask` with `DefaultHttpClient` to get the data from the web site, I still use `beforeHookedMethod`.

Help enabling downloads through webview (Kotlin)

Good day. I'm new to android development and I'm trying to develop a simple webview application, picked a nice template and went through the steps and made good progress, I managed to load my site fully and enable javascript, that works as intended, however I'm not able to make the app download anything, I host a few pdf files that should open or download through it, but nothing happens.
I looked at a few answers here and it is to my understanding that I need to specifically add a function for that, could you give me a hand? I have tried multiple different code and tweaking them, but I wasn't able to get it to work, here is my base code:
Code:
package com.logista.test.ui.home
import android.os.Bundle
import android.view.LayoutInflater
import android.view.View
import android.view.ViewGroup
import android.webkit.WebResourceRequest
import android.webkit.WebView
import android.webkit.WebViewClient
import android.app.DownloadManager
import androidx.fragment.app.Fragment
import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModelProvider
import com.logista.test.R
class HomeFragment : Fragment() {
private lateinit var homeViewModel: HomeViewModel
override fun onCreateView(
inflater: LayoutInflater,
container: ViewGroup?,
savedInstanceState: Bundle?
): View? {
homeViewModel =
ViewModelProvider(this).get(HomeViewModel::class.java)
val root = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_home, container, false)
val myWebView: WebView = root.findViewById(R.id.webview)
myWebView.webViewClient = WebViewClient()
myWebView.settings.javaScriptEnabled = true
myWebView.loadUrl("https://www.example.org/")
return root
}
}
I believe I should be adding
Code:
import android.app.DownloadManager
And tweak this
Code:
// Set web view download listener
web_view.setDownloadListener(DownloadListener {
url,
userAgent,
contentDescription,
mimetype,
contentLength ->
// Initialize download request
val request = DownloadManager.Request(Uri.parse(url))
// Get the cookie
val cookies = CookieManager.getInstance().getCookie(url)
// Add the download request header
request.addRequestHeader("Cookie",cookies)
request.addRequestHeader("User-Agent",userAgent)
// Set download request description
request.setDescription("Downloading requested file....")
// Set download request mime tytpe
request.setMimeType(mimetype)
// Allow scanning
request.allowScanningByMediaScanner()
// Download request notification setting
request.setNotificationVisibility(
DownloadManager.Request.VISIBILITY_VISIBLE_NOTIFY_COMPLETED)
// Guess the file name
val fileName = URLUtil.guessFileName(url, contentDescription, mimetype)
// Set a destination storage for downloaded file
request.setDestinationInExternalPublicDir(Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS, fileName)
// Set request title
request.setTitle(URLUtil.guessFileName(url, contentDescription, mimetype));
// DownloadManager request more settings
request.setAllowedOverMetered(true)
request.setAllowedOverRoaming(false)
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.N) {
request.setRequiresCharging(false)
request.setRequiresDeviceIdle(false)
}
request.setVisibleInDownloadsUi(true)
// Get the system download service
val dManager = getSystemService(Context.DOWNLOAD_SERVICE) as DownloadManager
// Finally, request the download to system download service
dManager.enqueue(request)
})
// Load button click listener
button_load.setOnClickListener{
// Load url in a web view
web_view.loadUrl(url)
}
}
Taken from here: https://android--code.blogspot.com/2018/03/android-kotlin-webview-file-download.html
I did the basics, renaming the function accordingly and such, but it gives me quite a few errors when building the app, for instance uri isn't defined, cookiemanager isn't defined, environment isn't defined, build isn't defined, and such, could you give me some guidance?

[DexKit] Xposed Module Jni Lib | An easy-to-use, high-performance dex deobfuscation library

Library: DexKit
Project Link: https://github.com/LuckyPray/DexKit
About: An easy-to-use, high-performance dex deobfuscation library. Easy to use your CMAKE/Android projects.
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JNI multi-threaded processing Dex bytecode, more efficient than JVM implementation.
It single search is ms level, You can even inject the host application at runtime without causing an ANR, to the extent permitted.
You can use it to handle reinforced apps(use ClassLoader cookies).
API introduction​There are two APIs can meet most of your usage scenarios:
DexKit::BatchFindClassesUsingStrings
DexKit::BatchFindMethodsUsingStrings
Note: In all cases you should avoid searching for keywords that contain duplicate content, eg: {"key_word", "word"}, as this will cause tags to be overwritten, resulting in inaccurate search results. If there is such a need, open the advanced search mode as much as possible, and use the string to match the content exactly, for example, modify it to this: {"^key_word$", "^word$"}
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And there are many other APIs:
DexKit::FindMethodCaller: find caller for specified method.
DexKit::FindMethodInvoking: find the called method
DexKit::FindMethodUsingField: Find method to get/set specified field
DexKit::FindMethodUsingString: find method used utf8 string
DexKit::FindMethod: find method by multiple conditions
DexKit::FindSubClasses: find all direct subclasses of the specified class
DexKit::FindMethodUsingOpPrefixSeq: find all method using opcode prefix sequence(op range: 0x00-0xFF)
DexKit::FindMethodUsingOpCodeSeq: find all method using opcode sequence(op range: 0x00-0xFF)
DexKit::GetMethodOpCodeSeq: get method opcode sequence(op range: 0x00-0xFF)
Note: At present, all instructions are only for standard dex instructions and do not include odex optimization instructions.
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For more detailed instructions, please refer to dex_kit.h.
Quick start​However, this approach will import an extra so file. If you don't want to import an extra so file, please use the second/third method.
build.gradle:
Code:
allprojects {
repositories {
...
maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
}
}
app/build.gradle:
Code:
dependencies {
implementation 'com.github.LuckyPray:DexKit:<version>'
}
​JAVA Example​DexKitBridge provides 2 factory methods to create Dexkit instances:
DexKitBridge.create(apkPath): normally, please use it.
DexKitBridge.create(classLoader, true): for reinforced apps, used classLoader and set option useCookieDexFile to true.
PS: DexKitBridge.create(classLoader, useCookieDexFile = false) ≈ DexKitBridge.create(apkPath), but the former may contain part of the system dex.
Java:
import io.luckypry.dexkit.DexKitBridge;
// ...
public class DexUtil {
static {
System.loadLibrary("dexkit");
}
public static void findMethod() {
// for no-reinforced apps please use apkpath to load, because of the exist of dex2oat and CompactDex(cdex),
// dexkit currently only handles StandardDex.
String apkPath = application.applicationInfo.sourceDir
// try-with-resources, auto close DexKitBridge, no need to call DexKitBridge.close()
// if you don't use try-with-resources, be sure to manually call DexKitBridge.close() to release the jni memory
try (DexKitBridge dexKitBridge = DexKitBridge.create(apkPath)) {
if (dexKitBridge == null) {
Log.e("DexUtil", "DexKitBridge create failed");
return;
}
List<DexClassDescriptor> classes = dexKitBridge.findSubClasses("android.app.Activity", null);
for (DexClassDescriptor clazz : classes) {
String name = clazz.getName();
String simpleName = clazz.getSimpleName();
Class<?> clz = clazz.getClassInstance(hostClassLoader);
Log.i("DexUtil", "findSubClasses: " + clz);
}
} catch (Throwable e) {
Log.e("DexUtil", Log.getStackTraceString(e));
}
}
}
If you have problems using it, please create an issue on the github repo.

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