JSON Array iteration in Android/Java

Question

I am building an android app that needs to download and synchronise with an online database, I am sending my query from the app to a php page which returns the relevant rows

Answer 1

I think this code is short and clear:

int id;
String name;
JSONArray array = new JSONArray(string_of_json_array);
for (int i = 0; i < array.length(); i++) {
    JSONObject row = array.getJSONObject(i);
    id = row.getInt("id");
    name = row.getString("name");
}

Is that what you were looking for?

Answer 2

While iterating over a JSON array (org.json.JSONArray, built into Android), watch out for null objects; for example, you may get "null" instead of a null string.

A check may look like:

s[i] = array.isNull(i) ? null : array.getString(i);

Answer 3

Unfortunately , JSONArray doesn't support foreach statements, like:

for(JSONObject someObj : someJsonArray) {
    // do something about someObj
    ....
    ....
}

Answer 4

I have done it two different ways,

1.) make a Map

        HashMap<String, String> applicationSettings = new HashMap<String,String>();
        for(int i=0; i<settings.length(); i++){
            String value = settings.getJSONObject(i).getString("value");
            String name = settings.getJSONObject(i).getString("name");
            applicationSettings.put(name, value);
        }

2.) make a JSONArray of names

    JSONArray names = json.names();
    JSONArray values = json.toJSONArray(names);
    for(int i=0; i<values.length(); i++){
        if (names.getString(i).equals("description")){
            setDescription(values.getString(i));
        }
        else if (names.getString(i).equals("expiryDate")){
            String dateString = values.getString(i);
            setExpiryDate(stringToDateHelper(dateString)); 
        }
        else if (names.getString(i).equals("id")){
            setId(values.getLong(i));
        }
        else if (names.getString(i).equals("offerCode")){
            setOfferCode(values.getString(i));
        }
        else if (names.getString(i).equals("startDate")){
            String dateString = values.getString(i);
            setStartDate(stringToDateHelper(dateString));
        }
        else if (names.getString(i).equals("title")){
            setTitle(values.getString(i));
        }
    }

Answer 5

You are using the same Cast object for every entry. On each iteration you just changed the same object instead creating a new one.

This code should fix it:

JSONArray jCastArr = jObj.getJSONArray("abridged_cast");
ArrayList<Cast> castList= new ArrayList<Cast>();

for (int i=0; i < jCastArr.length(); i++) {
    Cast person = new Cast();  // create a new object here
    JSONObject jpersonObj = jCastArr.getJSONObject(i);

    person.castId = (String) jpersonObj.getString("id");
    person.castFullName = (String) jpersonObj.getString("name");

    castList.add(person);
}
details.castList = castList;

Answer 6

When I tried @vipw's suggestion, I was faced with this exception: The method getJSONObject(int) is undefined for the type JSONArray

This worked for me instead:

int myJsonArraySize = myJsonArray.size();

for (int i = 0; i < myJsonArraySize; i++) {
    JSONObject myJsonObject = (JSONObject) myJsonArray.get(i);

    // Do whatever you have to do to myJsonObject...
}