ResourceNotFoundException while trying to parse xml file in android

Issue

I'm trying to parse an xml file and extract data from it to display in my android app. The xml file is as follows:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<record>
<study id="1">
    <topic>SAX Parser</topic>
    <content>Learn how to parse XML using SAXParser</content>
    <author>Pete Houston</author>
    <date>02-Oct-2011</date>
</study>

The file is stored in res/raw folder. The android activity calls a function which tries to read the xml file and parses it to retrieve data,which is then stored into an object of type Study (defined by me). This object is then returned by the function.

The skeleton structure of my code is given below:

public class XmlParserActivity extends Activity {
Study study=null;
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
//...android code and some variable initializations
    try{
    study = parseXml(getResources().openRawResource(R.raw.record));
    }catch(Exception e){
        e.printStackTrace();
        finish();
    }
}
public Study parseXml(InputStream is){
    //code for parsing the input stream
    return study;
}

When I launch the app in an emulator it crashes and produces android.content.res.ResourcesNotFoundException. Is there something wrong with the way I am accessing the xml file? Or do I need to set some permissions in the AndroidManifest.xml file? I have searched this site and other sites but have not found a satisfactory solution to my problem. Any guidance will be deeply appreciated.

logcat messages:

01-09 15:49:55.801: I/Process(1152): Sending signal. PID: 1152 SIG: 9
01-09 15:50:04.174: E/Trace(1198): error opening trace file: No such file or directory(2)
01-09 15:50:04.992: W/ResourceType(1198): No package identifier when getting value for resource number 0x00000001
01-09 15:50:05.002: D/AndroidRuntime(1198): Shutting down VM
01-09 15:50:05.002: W/dalvikvm(1198): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x40a13300)
01-09 15:50:05.012: E/AndroidRuntime(1198): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
01-09 15:50:05.012: E/AndroidRuntime(1198): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity   ComponentInfo{com.example.androidxmlparser/com.example.androidxmlparser.XmlParserActivity}: android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException: String resource ID #0x1
01-09 15:50:05.012: E/AndroidRuntime(1198):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2059)
01-09 15:50:05.012: E/AndroidRuntime(1198):     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2084)
01-09 15:50:05.012: E/AndroidRuntime(1198):     at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:130)
01-09 15:50:05.012: E/AndroidRuntime(1198):     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1195)
01-09 15:50:05.012: E/AndroidRuntime(1198):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
01-09 15:50:05.012: E/AndroidRuntime(1198):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
01-09 15:50:05.012: E/AndroidRuntime(1198):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4745)
01-09 15:50:05.012: E/AndroidRuntime(1198):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
01-09 15:50:05.012: E/AndroidRuntime(1198):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
01-09 15:50:05.012: E/AndroidRuntime(1198):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:786)
01-09 15:50:05.012: E/AndroidRuntime(1198):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:553)
01-09 15:50:05.012: E/AndroidRuntime(1198):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
01-09 15:50:05.012: E/AndroidRuntime(1198): Caused by: android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException: String resource ID #0x1
01-09 15:50:05.012: E/AndroidRuntime(1198):     at android.content.res.Resources.getText(Resources.java:229)
01-09 15:50:05.012: E/AndroidRuntime(1198):     at android.widget.TextView.setText(TextView.java:3620)
01-09 15:50:05.012: E/AndroidRuntime(1198):     at com.example.androidxmlparser.XmlParserActivity.onCreate(XmlParserActivity.java:34)
01-09 15:50:05.012: E/AndroidRuntime(1198):     at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5008)
01-09 15:50:05.012: E/AndroidRuntime(1198):     at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1079)
01-09 15:50:05.012: E/AndroidRuntime(1198):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2023)
01-09 15:50:05.012: E/AndroidRuntime(1198):     ... 11 more

Solution

You're trying to access a string resource that cannot be found.

As Matt Taylor suggests, you should check line 34 of your activity, and find which string resource is wrong.

Answered By - sdabet