Joel S

XmlResourceParser parser = context.getResources().getXml(resource);

while (eventType != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT) {
    if (eventType == XmlPullParser.START_TAG) {

    if (parser.getName().equals("array")) {
        for (int i = 0; i < parser.getAttributeCount(); i++) {

        if (parser.getAttributeName(i).equals("id")) {
            if (parser.getAttributeValue(i).equals("blah")) {
            Log.d(TAG,"the value of array is blah");
            }
        }
        }
    }
    }
}