Android App using data from an Excel file

I'm new to android development. I have to make an Android app using data from an Excel sheet. I thought it will be easy if i generate XML document using PHP and use it as a feed for 开发者_Go百科the app so that it can be updated anytime. But it seems to be not working for me.

I had already posted a question regarding this. Android - XML Parser App

So now I'm thinking about the other ways to make the app using the data from an excel sheet. It is about 700 rows X 18 columns.

Please give me some suggestions. Thanks.

I remember seeing some code in the Google IO 2010 application that read data from an excel spreadsheet. I would check out Google's source code for an example. They might have updated it and taken out the code, but you should be able to see past revisions with the code still present.