Reading XML file from /res/xml using InputStream reader yields invalid characters / encoded data

I'm having trouble reading in XML data from an XML resource located in /res/xml/testxml.xml. For some reason using examples from my book and online, I'm not able to read the data properly. The following method is simple; read the XML resource and print the lines within it.

public InputStream fetchLocalStream(String file){
    InputStream in = null;

    try {
        //in = Global.gContext.openFileInput("testxml.xml");
        in = Global.gContext.getResources().openRawResource(R.xml.testxml);
        try {
             if (in != null) {
                  // prepare the file for reading
                开发者_运维百科  InputStreamReader inputreader = new InputStreamReader(in);
                  BufferedReader buffreader = new BufferedReader(inputreader);

                  String line;

                  // read every line of the file into the line-variable, on line at the time
                  while (( line = buffreader.readLine()) != null) {
                      Log.d(Global.TAG,"-->Line:" + line);
                    // do something with the settings from the file
                  }

                }
            } catch (Exception e){}


            return in;
    }catch (Exception e){ Log.d(Global.TAG,"--> Failed!!!!" + e); }
    return in;
}

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Line:└Ç└Ç└Ç∩┐╜∩┐╜∩┐╜∩┐╜$└Ç└Ç└└Ç└Ç└Ç└Ç└Ç└Ç└Ç♥☺►└Ç↑└Ç└Ç└Ç
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Line:└Ç└Ç└Ç∩┐╜∩┐╜∩┐╜∩┐╜♥└Ç└Ç└Ç%└Ç└Ç└Ƕ└Ƕ└Ç└Ç└Ç└Ç└Ç└Ç└Ç└Ç└Ç♦☺►└Ç∟└Ç└Ç└Ç
Line:└Ç└Ç└Ç∩┐╜∩┐╜∩┐╜∩┐╜&└Ç└Ç└└Ç└Ç└Ç└Ç└Ç└Ç└Ç♥☺►└Ç↑└Ç└Ç└Ç
Line:└Ç└Ç└Ç∩┐╜∩┐╜∩┐╜∩┐╜♥└Ç└Ç└Ç%└Ç└Ç└Ç☻☺►└ÇL└Ç└Ç└Ç

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I had the same problem and found the solution in the thread "Android SAX xml not well-formed" over at anddev.org:

Found out an interesting stuff - when moving xml file from xml folder to raw, everything works smoothly. I guess that's why the function is called openRawResource . Anyways i think that android adds some stuff to the files stored in non raw folder. But this is just a thinking aloud.

Moving from /res/xml to /res/raw solved the problem for me.

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The problem is probably a character encoding issue. Try using the XmlResourceParser, which you can obtain via Resources.getXml. (Most XML parsers are adapt at dealing with character encoding.) Here's an example.

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/res/Resources.html