@Override public void startElement(String uri, String localName, String qName, Attributes attributes) throws SAXException { super.startElement(uri, localName, qName, attributes); if (localName.equals("item")) { story = new NewsStory(); Log.d("Exam01", "Entering item element"); } else if (localName.equals("title")) { xmlInnerText.setLength(0); } else if (localName.equals("thumbnail")) { int width = Integer.parseInt(attributes.getValue("width")); storyUrl = attributes.getValue("url"); if (width > this.largestImgWidth) { largestImgWidth = width; story.setUrl(storyUrl); } } }