It should be noted that XML is really a pretty lousy language all around -- hard to code, slow/difficult to parse, bulky. For many purposes, if you have a choice, JSON is a better option if you need a human-readable notation, and there are any number of internal forms that would be better than XML if you don't need it to be human- readable/modifiable.
I've not (yet) tried to comprehend Android's compiled XML -- is there any sort of reference for it somewhere? On Jul 13, 7:22 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Mark Murphy <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Part of the build process converts ordinary XML into a "binary XML" > > format that is smaller and quicker to parse at runtime. > > Yeah, it's basically a pre-processed DOM (well enough of a DOM to directly > do an XmlPullParser on top of). Plus it also has other advanced features > and APIs for even faster attribute retrieval, compile-time type conversions, > string pooling, etc. > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
