How to read an xml file from R.java

I have an xml file inside the res folder under 开发者_开发问答the xml forlder. I want to parse it with SAX. I know there are lots of example but I want to understand InputStream, InputSource, File deeply. I can reach the file writing R.xml.hippo (hippo is the name of the xml file).

But how can I give this resource as a stream? I know when I write R.xml.hippo to anywhere it will be reference(int) but I want give it as a source. What is and how converting an int to starting point of stream?

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You can read XML from assets folder as well as from res/raw folder.

To read from assets folder

AssetManager manager = getAssets();
InputStream inputStream = manager.open("your_xml.xml");

To read from raw folder

InputStream inputStream = getResources().openRawResource(R.raw.your_xml);

And parse this inputStream to your XML Parser.

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You should place the file inside the raw folder. Then you can access it via Resources.openRawResource(). For more information refer to Android Developer's page.