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Rodrigo Gama
Rodrigo Gama

Reputation: 1122

Android XML Object Serialization

I would like to serialize an object to XML inside Android.

Any libs suggested?

PS: Already tried XStream, but it doesn't serialize enums correctly with Android. The issue is here: Serialization problem with Enums at Android

Upvotes: 4

Views: 24023

Answers (3)

Jamie Little
Jamie Little

Reputation: 179

It's not XML, but you might want to use Google's GSON library to serialize objects. It's what they recommend in the their documentation as an alternative to Serializable:

JSON is concise, human-readable and efficient. Android includes both a streaming API and a tree API to read and write JSON. Use a binding library like GSON to read and write Java objects directly.

Upvotes: 1

Grant
Grant

Reputation: 268

Have you tried simple http://simple.sourceforge.net/ it is working well for me, correctly handles enums, the jar is quite large though 320k.

Upvotes: 8

Cheryl Simon
Cheryl Simon

Reputation: 46844

Unfortunately I don't think there is a good solution for xml serialization of objects in Android yet. Most of the existing solutions are too heavyweight for use in mobile apps, and depend on things Android doesn't support.

For an overview of XML options, see working with xml in Android.

Upvotes: 3

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