How to parse xml for HTTPS url using SAXParser in Android

Question

URL url = new URL("https://www.setindia.com"); 
URLConnection urlConnectionObject = url.openConnection();
xmlHandlerObject = new XMLHandler(); 
xmlReaderObject.setContentHandler(xmlHandlerObject); 
xmlReaderObject.parse(new InputSource(urlConnectionObject.getInputStream())); 

// error on the last line please get me an explanation (new to android) and is this right

MAIN ACTIVITY:

    package com.example.testparser;

    import java.net.URL;
    import java.net.URLConnection;
    import java.security.KeyStore;

    import javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection;
    import javax.net.ssl.KeyManagerFactory;
    import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser;
    import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory;

    import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
    import org.xml.sax.XMLReader;

    import android.app.Activity;
    import android.os.Bundle;
    import android.util.Log;
    import android.view.Menu;

import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

    public static String TAG = "MYParser";

    GettersSetters getData;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        Log.d(TAG, "OnCreate");

        View layout = findViewById(R.id.layout);

        TextView tittle[];
        TextView country[];
        XMLHandler xmlHandlerObject = null;

        try{
            Log.d(TAG, "try");
            SAXParserFactory saxParserFactoryObject = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();   //obtain and configure a SAX based parser
            SAXParser saxParserObject = saxParserFactoryObject.newSAXParser(); //obtaining object for SAX parser
            XMLReader xmlReaderObject = saxParserObject.getXMLReader();


            URL url = new URL("https://www.setindia.com/setindia_api/episode/1?date=22-10-2013&hd=1");
            URLConnection urlConnectionObject = url.openConnection();


            xmlHandlerObject = new XMLHandler();
            xmlReaderObject.setContentHandler(xmlHandlerObject);

            Log.d(TAG, "about to get an error");

            xmlReaderObject.parse(new InputSource(urlConnectionObject.getInputStream()));
            Log.d(TAG, "try end");  
    }
         catch (Exception e) {
               Log.e(TAG, e.getMessage());
        }
        Log.d(TAG, "OnCreate fetching the data from the xml");
        getData = xmlHandlerObject.getXMLData();

        tittle = new TextView[getData.getTittle().size()];
        country = new TextView[getData.getCountry().size()];

        for (int i = 0; i < getData.getTittle().size(); i++) {

            tittle[i] = new TextView(this);
            tittle[i].setText("ITEM is : " + getData.getTittle().get(i));

            country[i] = new TextView(this);
            country[i].setText("Country is :" + getData.getTittle().get(i));

            ((ViewGroup) layout).addView(tittle[i]);
            ((ViewGroup) layout).addView(country[i]);
             setContentView(R.layout.main);
        }

    }
    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
        return true;
    }

}

GettersSetters :

package com.example.testparser;

import java.lang.reflect.Array;
import java.util.ArrayList;

import android.util.Log;

public class GettersSetters {
    private ArrayList<String> tittle = new ArrayList<String>();
    private ArrayList<String> country = new ArrayList<String>();

    public ArrayList<String> getCountry(){
        return country;
    }
    public ArrayList<String> getTittle(){

        return tittle;
    }
    public void setCountry(String country){
        this.country.add(country);
        Log.i("This is the country : ",country);

    }
     public void setTittle(String tittle){

         this.tittle.add(tittle);
         Log.i("This is the tittle : ",tittle);
     }

}

XMLHandler:

package com.example.testparser;
import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
import org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler;

import android.util.Log;


public class XMLHandler extends DefaultHandler {

    public static String TAG = "MYParser";
    public static GettersSetters data = null;
    String elementValue = null ;
    Boolean elementOn = false;

    public GettersSetters getXMLData(){
        Log.e(TAG, "getXMLdata -> "+data.toString());
        return data;
    }
    public void setXMLData(GettersSetters data){

        XMLHandler.data = data;
        Log.e(TAG, "setXmldata");
    }

    @Override
    public void startElement(String uri, String localName, String qName,
            Attributes attributes) throws SAXException {

        super.startElement(uri, localName, qName, attributes);
        elementOn = true;
        Log.d(TAG, "Checking the first element"+localName.equalsIgnoreCase("item"));
        if(localName.equalsIgnoreCase("item"))
        {
            Log.d(TAG, "Creating a new getter setter instance");
            data = new GettersSetters();            
        }
    }
    @Override
    public void characters(char[] ch, int start, int length)
            throws SAXException {
        super.characters(ch, start, length);
        if(elementOn)
        {
            elementValue = new String(ch,start,length);
            elementOn =false;
        }
    }
    @Override
    public void endElement(String uri, String localName, String qName)
            throws SAXException {
        elementOn = false;
        super.endElement(uri, localName, qName);
        if(localName.equalsIgnoreCase("country"))
            data.setCountry(elementValue);
        if(localName.equalsIgnoreCase("tittle"))
            data.setTittle(elementValue);
    }
}

MAIN.Xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" >
    <TextView
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="SAGAR HERE"
        android:textSize="20dp"
        android:gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:id="@+id/layout"
        />

</LinearLayout>

Answer 1

Don't do network operations on UI Thread (main). You can use AsyncTask which enables proper and easy use of the UI thread. it allows to perform background operations and publish results on the UI thread without having to manipulate threads and/or handlers (It uses an inner thread pool). See more at: AsyncTask API