Any way to edit text or XML files?
I see the options that allow you to read and parse XML files, but I was wondering if there's any way to edit/modify or create an XML file through code. Basically I need to store some data for my app, but using a database would be overkill, and I'd rather just store it in an XML file. However, I don't see anything in the documentation that allows for writing to an XML file. Is this possible? Or is it possible to edit comma-separated text files (or any text files)?
5 Answers
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So I take it that's a no?
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So I take it that's a no?
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does it have to be XML? Use JSON it is supported
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I haven't tried, but I think that should be possible. You can read XML file (using Ti.Filesystem) as a string and put it into variable, load XML structure from variable (using Ti.XML) and then manipulate XML using DOM methods. After you finished modifications of XML structure, you can overwrite old XML file by transforming XML structure into string representation that can be written in the file.
Hope this helps.
Ivan
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I haven't tried, but I think that should be possible. You can read XML file (using Ti.Filesystem) as a string and put it into variable, load XML structure from variable (using Ti.XML) and then manipulate XML using DOM methods. After you finished modifications of XML structure, you can overwrite old XML file by transforming XML structure into string representation that can be written in the file.
Hope this helps.
Ivan