diff --git a/android/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java b/android/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
index 4e6706bf0..1c5aa61c7 100644
--- a/android/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
+++ b/android/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
@@ -4151,6 +4151,16 @@ public class PApplet extends Activity implements PConstants, Runnable {
   // DATA I/O
 
 
+  public XML createXML(String name) {
+    try {
+      return new XML(name);
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      e.printStackTrace();
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
+
+
   /**
    * @webref input:files
    * @param filename name of a file in the data folder or a URL.
diff --git a/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java b/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
index 47bc1d3b8..7b89698fd 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
@@ -1371,9 +1371,9 @@ public class PApplet extends Applet
       // This will crash with OpenGL, so quit anyway
       if (g instanceof PGraphicsOpenGL) {
         PGraphics.showWarning("Stopping the sketch because this code will " +
-        		                  "not work correctly with OpenGL.");
+                                          "not work correctly with OpenGL.");
         throw new RuntimeException("This sketch uses a library that " +
-        		                       "needs to be updated for Processing 2.0.");
+                                               "needs to be updated for Processing 2.0.");
       }
     }
   }
@@ -5813,6 +5813,16 @@ public class PApplet extends Applet
   // DATA I/O
 
 
+  public XML createXML(String name) {
+    try {
+      return new XML(name);
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      e.printStackTrace();
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
+
+
   /**
    * @webref input:files
    * @param filename name of a file in the data folder or a URL.