How to LoadFromFile() an xml file on a Windows share into an Android app

[GrumpyNoMore 0]

I am tackling my first Android app (Firemonkey) using RAD Studio. It is supposed to be a mobile version of a Windows VCL app I already did (language: Pascal). It has to access the same client dataset files (.xml) that the Windows app uses, which are stored in a local Windows network share.

 

I have Googled and found all sorts of esoteric references to JCIFS, Samba, etc. I have got as far as installing JCIFS-1.3.19.jar under the Libraries folder in my Android Target node in Project Manager. So how do I actually use this in my app?

 

Thanks in advance for any help you can give me

[Rollo62 536]

Have you tried to use the alternatives, like OmniXML or ADOM ?

https://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Sydney/en/Using_the_Document_Object_Model

 

uses
    // …
    {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}Xml.Win.msxmldom{$ELSE}Xml.omnixmldom{$ENDIF};

 

Edited August 2, 2022 by Rollo62

[Fr0sT.Brutal 900]

If the question is about access via network, SMB is pretty fragile on Linux. I'd recommend FTP or HTTP; probably something more specific like NFS