Parsing XML Android - tag parsing

Question

im trying to build an app to read this feed: http://loc.grupolusofona.pt/index.php/?format=feed

Its working just fine, except for the fact that when it reaches the

Answer 1

The description tag contains a CDATA element. Therefore it's not a text node so your check for

if( child.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE  )

will be false for those nodes. The child is most likely a CDATA_SECTION_NODE. It's also possible that the node has multiple children (text nodes if there is text outside the CDATA including whitespace) and you'll need to handle selecting the right child in that case.