In this XML tutorial we’ll give a detailed comparison of the features and performance of the most popular iPhone libraries, explain how to choose between them, and give a sample project showing how to read XML data using each of the above libraries. I thought I’d share what I’ve learned thus far to others who might be searching for the best XML library for their iPhone project. I have been recently taking a look at the various options out there, and ended up extending the XMLPerformance sample from Apple to try out each of the above libraries to learn how they worked and compare their performance.

How is a developer to choose the best XML parser for their project? The iPhone SDK comes with two different libraries to choose from, and there are several popular third party libraries available such as TBXML, TouchXML, KissXML, TinyXML, and GDataXML. There are a lot of options when it comes to parsing XML on the iPhone. Select the color scheme, accept the highlighting settings inherited from the defaults or customize them as described in Colors and fonts.XMLPerformance Test App Extended To Compare 3rd Party Libraries In the Settings/Preferences dialog Ctrl+Alt+S, go to Editor | Color Scheme | XML. You can configure XML-aware syntax highlighting according to your preferences and habits. If there are multiple choices, select the desired namespace from the list. If there are multiple choices, select the desired namespace from the list.Īlternatively, hover your mouse pointer over the problem and click Create namespace declaration in the popup that opens. To solve the problem, use the quickfix that P圜harm suggests. If you use a tag or an attribute from a namespace that is not bound, P圜harm detects the problem and shows a tooltip: P圜harm uses Xerces 2.11, an XML parser developed by Apache Software Foundation Group. P圜harm brings powerful support for XML that includes structure validation, formatting ( Ctrl+Alt+L) and indentation ( Ctrl+Alt+I according to the XML code style, importing unbound namespaces, viewing code structure, unwrapping and removing tags ( Ctrl+Shift+Delete), generating DTD files and schemas from instance documents, as well as syntax and error highlighting, code completion ( Ctrl+Space), intention actions ( Alt+Enter), quick documentation look-up ( Ctrl+Q), and more.

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