xgouchet/axel

Axel is an Android Xml Editor, written in Java

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axel's Issues

Support SVG format

Add an SVG template, and SVG validation

Load files asynchronously

When loading a biiiiiiig file, the app hangs during the loading. Instead, use a thread + loading dialog

NPE setupDoneDiscardActionBar

Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at fr.xgouchet.xmleditor.AxelNodeEditorActivity.setupDoneDiscardActionBar(AxelNodeEditorActivity.java:198)
at fr.xgouchet.xmleditor.AxelNodeEditorActivity.onCreate(AxelNodeEditorActivity.java:63)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1050)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1782)
... 11 more

Crouton message takes a long time to disappear

whenever an action happens, the associated crouton message appears for 2-3 seconds to disappear. So If I'm doing a certain action 10 times, the crouton messages won't disappear except after around 20 secs.

Add fast doc to menu instead of activity

When opening templates / recent files, add them to the menu list instead of prompting a new activity

Add XSL helpers

Add an XSL template, as well as XSL processing instruction template

Fix file associations in Manifest

Allow preview for documents with Stylesheets

Allow preview on XML documents containing stylesheets

Illegal State Exception

java.lang.IllegalStateException: An XML Document can only have one element at its root
at fr.xgouchet.xmleditor.data.xml.XmlNode.onChildListChanged(XmlNode.java:75)
at fr.xgouchet.xmleditor.data.tree.TreeNode.addChildNode(TreeNode.java:44)
at fr.xgouchet.xmleditor.AxelActivity.doPasteContentInNode(AxelActivity.java:1470)
at fr.xgouchet.xmleditor.AxelActivity.onItemClick(AxelActivity.java:363)
at net.londatiga.android.QuickAction$2.onClick(QuickAction.java:224)
at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:4475)
at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:18784)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:730)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5450)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:525)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1187)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1003)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

Add an autosave feature to save xml when the app quits

Crash on Cancel Loading

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: View not attached to window manager
at android.view.WindowManagerGlobal.findViewLocked(WindowManagerGlobal.java:383)
at android.view.WindowManagerGlobal.removeView(WindowManagerGlobal.java:285)
at android.view.WindowManagerImpl.removeView(WindowManagerImpl.java:79)
at android.app.Dialog.dismissDialog(Dialog.java:331)
at android.app.Dialog.dismiss(Dialog.java:314)
at fr.xgouchet.xmleditor.data.AsyncXmlFileLoader.onCancelled(AsyncXmlFileLoader.java:40)
at fr.xgouchet.xmleditor.data.AsyncXmlFileLoader.onCancelled(AsyncXmlFileLoader.java:25)
at android.os.AsyncTask.finish(AsyncTask.java:629)
at android.os.AsyncTask.access$600(AsyncTask.java:177)
at android.os.AsyncTask$InternalHandler.handleMessage(AsyncTask.java:644)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:213)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5092)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:797)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:564)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

NPE Read Intent

java.lang.NullPointerException
at fr.xgouchet.xmleditor.AxelActivity.readIntent(AxelActivity.java:730)
at fr.xgouchet.xmleditor.AxelActivity.onCreate(AxelActivity.java:100)
at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:4465)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1049)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1923)

Add a button to clear text à la iOS

In text fields, when editing nodes and attributes, include a button to clear the text inside of it.

root support [enhancement]

please add root edit support (without changing permissions or groups) 😃

NPE Preview Activity

Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at fr.xgouchet.xmleditor.AxelPreviewActivity.onCreate(AxelPreviewActivity.java:19)
at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5369)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1104)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2267)
... 11 more

StackOverflow

Caused by: java.lang.StackOverflowError
at java.util.LinkedList.listIterator(LinkedList.java:627)
at java.util.AbstractSequentialList.iterator(AbstractSequentialList.java:62)
at fr.xgouchet.xmleditor.data.tree.TreeNode.updateChildViewCount(TreeNode.java:287)
at fr.xgouchet.xmleditor.data.tree.TreeNode.updateParentViewCount(TreeNode.java:274)
at fr.xgouchet.xmleditor.data.tree.TreeNode.updateParentViewCount(TreeNode.java:276)
at fr.xgouchet.xmleditor.data.tree.TreeNode.updateParentViewCount(TreeNode.java:276)
at fr.xgouchet.xmleditor.data.tree.TreeNode.updateParentViewCount(TreeNode.java:276)
at fr.xgouchet.xmleditor.data.tree.TreeNode.updateParentViewCount(TreeNode.java:276)
at fr.xgouchet.xmleditor.data.tree.TreeNode.updateParentViewCount(TreeNode.java:276)
at fr.xgouchet.xmleditor.data.tree.TreeNode.updateParentViewCount(TreeNode.java:276)
at fr.xgouchet.xmleditor.data.tree.TreeNode.updateParentViewCount(TreeNode.java:276)
at fr.xgouchet.xmleditor.data.tree.TreeNode.updateParentViewCount(TreeNode.java:276)
at fr.xgouchet.xmleditor.data.tree.TreeNode.updateParentViewCount(TreeNode.java:276)
at fr.xgouchet.xmleditor.data.tree.TreeNode.updateParentViewCount(TreeNode.java:276)
at fr.xgouchet.xmleditor.data.tree.TreeNode.updateParentViewCount(TreeNode.java:276)
at fr.xgouchet.xmleditor.data.tree.TreeNode.updateParentViewCount(TreeNode.java:276)
at fr.xgouchet.xmleditor.data.tree.TreeNode.updateParentViewCount(TreeNode.java:276)
at fr.xgouchet.xmleditor.data.tree.TreeNode.updateParentViewCount(TreeNode.java:276)
at fr.xgouchet.xmleditor.data.tree.TreeNode.updateParentViewCount(TreeNode.java:276)
at fr.xgouchet.xmleditor.data.tree.TreeNode.updateParentViewCount(TreeNode.java:276)
at fr.xgouchet.xmleditor.data.tree.TreeNode.updateParentViewCount(TreeNode.java:276)
at fr.xgouchet.xmleditor.data.tree.TreeNode.updateParentViewCount(TreeNode.java:276)

NPE while editing a node

java.lang.NullPointerException
at fr.xgouchet.xmleditor.AxelNodeEditorActivity.setupDoneDiscardActionBar(AxelNodeEditorActivity.java:198)
at fr.xgouchet.xmleditor.AxelNodeEditorActivity.onCreate(AxelNodeEditorActivity.java:63)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1050)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1779)
... 11 more

No context menu

Hello. I try to make app (Android Studio), everything is fine, but the context menu doesn't appear after long pressing on node. And NodeEditorActivity doesn't open after touching. What do I do incorrectly?

Add a check for xml content

when choosing the parser to use (AXML, PList, ...), add a check to see if the doc starts with <xml. This may help detect some unknown compressed/encrypted documents

IllegalArgumentException AsyncXmlFileLoader

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: View not attached to window manager
at android.view.WindowManagerImpl.findViewLocked(WindowManagerImpl.java:587)
at android.view.WindowManagerImpl.removeView(WindowManagerImpl.java:324)
at android.view.WindowManagerImpl$CompatModeWrapper.removeView(WindowManagerImpl.java:151)
at android.app.Dialog.dismissDialog(Dialog.java:321)
at android.app.Dialog$1.run(Dialog.java:119)
at android.app.Dialog.dismiss(Dialog.java:306)
at fr.xgouchet.xmleditor.data.AsyncXmlFileLoader.onCancelled(AsyncXmlFileLoader.java:40)
at fr.xgouchet.xmleditor.data.AsyncXmlFileLoader.onCancelled(AsyncXmlFileLoader.java:25)
at android.os.AsyncTask.finish(AsyncTask.java:600)
at android.os.AsyncTask.access$600(AsyncTask.java:156)
at android.os.AsyncTask$InternalHandler.handleMessage(AsyncTask.java:615)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4424)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:784)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:551)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

Check XML content is valid when parsing Plists

When converting binary PLIST to text, check that nodes content is valid agains XML rules.

Bug reported : a Plist Text node had an unsecaped & in it. When converted and saved to XML, the file could not be read back.

When resuming the app, check if file has been changed

Like Notepad++, prompt user to reload file if it has changed (detect by hash + size)

Disable preview when file is not saved

When the user ask for a preview, and the file is new, if the file is not saved no preview can be done

Add a prompt before exit to save data

Add W3C validator when a parse error occurs

Before sending a file to me by mail, make a possibility to use W3C validation tool.

Check for an offline validation tool or use a webview

Handle document with unclosed last tag

When a document last tag (s) is (are) unclosed, the parser doesn't report an error, and the doc decl is inserted as child of the last item.

For instance, the following doc

Is displayed as

DOCUMENT

• root
  • child
    • xml version....

Search option

Add a search option.

Search tag by name, by attribute, by attribute value, ... ?