1 <p>This sample demonstrates the use of XML adapters.</p> 2 3 <p>An XML Adapter is an XML file which defines the bindings between the data 4 retrieved from a 5 <a href="../../../reference/android/content/ContentProvider.html"><code>ContentProvider</code></a> 6 and the different views of a layout. They are provided by the 7 <a href="../../../reference/android/widget/Adapters.html"><code>Adapters</code></a> 8 class.</p> 9 10 Three 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> 17 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> 23 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> 29 30 <img alt="XmlPhotosAdapter" src="../images/XmlPhotosAdapter.png" /> 31 <img alt="XmlRssReader" src="../images/XmlRssReader.png" /> 32
