private int parseXML(String address)
    {
		try
		{
			URL url = new URL(address);
			XmlPullParserFactory creator = XmlPullParserFactory.newInstance();
			XmlPullParser parser = creator.newPullParser();
			parser.setInput(url.openStream(), null);
			
			Address item = null;
			String currentTag = null;
			int event = parser.getEventType();

			while (event != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT)
			{
				if (event == XmlPullParser.START_TAG)
				{
					if (parser.getName().equals("item"))
					{
						item = new Address();
					}
					else
					{	
						currentTag = parser.getName();
					}
				}
				else if (event == XmlPullParser.TEXT)
				{
					String text = parser.getText().trim();
					if ((item != null) && (!text.equals("")))
					{
						item.setField(currentTag, text);
					}
				}
				else if ((event == XmlPullParser.END_TAG) &&
						 ((parser.getName().equals("item"))))
				{
				   data.add(item);
				}
			
				event = parser.next();
			}
			
			return adapter.getCount();
		}
		catch(Exception ex)
		{
			Log.e (“MyTAG”, "Error: " + ex.toString(), ex);
			return -1;
		}
    }
}