title: I am trying to read a xml file to edittext
body: <p>I dont know why my code wouldnt display on my edittext, can someone help?. I really need this to work.</p>
  
  <p>I created my xml as a menu under the folder res\raw. I dont know if reading the file is the problem. I want the edittext to display at runtime/oncreate    </p>
  
  <pre><code>public class CreateTreasureActivity extends Activity {
  
      private EditText      name;
      private EditText      clue1;
      private EditText      clue2;
      private EditText      clue3;
      private EditText      answer;
      private EditText      location;
      private EditText      point_value;
  
      FileOutputStream myFile;
      XmlSerializer serializer;
  
      @Override
      protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
          super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
          setContentView(R.layout.activity_create_treasure);
  
  
          name       = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.name);          
          name.setText("");
  
          clue1       = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.clue1);          
          clue1.setText("");
  
          clue2       = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.clue2);          
          clue2.setText("");
  
          clue3       = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.clue3);          
          clue3.setText("");
  
          answer       = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.answer);          
          answer.setText("");
  
          location       = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.location);          
          location.setText("");
  
          point_value       = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.point_value );          
          point_value .setText("");
          // create the initial xml document if it already does not exist
          try 
          {
              File filename = new File(getFilesDir(), "treasure.xml");
  
              if(!filename.exists())
              {
                  myFile = openFileOutput("treasure.xml", Activity.MODE_APPEND);
  
                  // create a new XmlSerializer objectÂ 
                  serializer = Xml.newSerializer();
  
                  // use myFile as your xml serializer and set to UTF-8 encoding
                  serializer.setOutput(myFile, "UTF-8");
  
                  // Write &lt;?xml declaration with encodingÂ 
                  serializer.startDocument(null, Boolean.valueOf(true));
  
                  // set indentation optionÂ 
                  serializer.setFeature("http://xmlpull.org/v1/doc/features.html#indent-output", true);
  
                  // start a new top level tag and other tags
                  serializer.startTag(null, "Treasure");
              }
              else
              {
                  // use myFile as your xml serializer and set to UTF-8 encoding
                  myFile = openFileOutput("treasure.xml", Activity.MODE_APPEND);
  
                  // create a new XmlSerializer objectÂ 
                  serializer = Xml.newSerializer();
  
                  // use myFile as your xml serializer and set to UTF-8 encoding
                  serializer.setOutput(myFile, "UTF-8");
              }
          }
          catch (Exception e)
          {
              Log.e("Exception::",  e.getMessage());
          }
      }
  
      @Override
      public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
          // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
          getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.create_treasure, menu);
          return true;
      }
  
      public void onSaveButton(View v)
      {
          try
          {   
              // start a new top level tag and other tags, for our FINAL project, Contact could be Treasure Item
              // we don't need to have nested &lt;Treasure&gt; followed by Items, the format can be similar to the below
              // this way, we don't need to add an end tag for outermost element
  
              // create tags and values
              serializer.startTag(null, "Items");
              serializer.startTag(null, "treasure");
              serializer.startTag(null, "name");
              serializer.text(name.getText().toString());  // retrieve name entered by user from text field
              serializer.endTag(null, "name");
  
              serializer.startTag(null, "clue1");
              serializer.text(clue1.getText().toString());
              serializer.endTag(null, "clue1");
  
              serializer.startTag(null, "clue2");
              serializer.text(clue2.getText().toString());
              serializer.endTag(null, "clue2");
  
              serializer.startTag(null, "clue3");
              serializer.text(clue3.getText().toString());
              serializer.endTag(null, "clue3");
  
              serializer.startTag(null, "answer");
              serializer.text(answer.getText().toString());
              serializer.endTag(null, "answer");
  
  
              serializer.startTag(null, "pointValue");
              serializer.text(point_value.getText().toString());
              serializer.endTag(null, "pointValue");
              serializer.endTag(null, "Treasure");
              serializer.endTag(null, "Items");
  
              // perform the write by flushing
              serializer.flush();
  
              // clear the text fields
              name.setText("");
              clue1.setText("");
              clue2.setText("");
              clue3.setText("");
              answer.setText("");
              location.setText("");
              point_value.setText("");
          } 
          catch (Exception e)
          {
              // use logcat to display errors
              Log.e("Exception::",  e.getMessage());
          }       
      }
  }
  </code></pre>