Unable to parse JSonArray in Android

Question

I'm a little puzzled by this...

I have a PHP script that is returning the following Json string to an Android application.

{"result":"OK","teams":[{"id":"1","tname":"AAA","tcity":"Paris","tfy":"1901"},{"id":"2","tname":"BBB","tcity":"Barcelona","tfy":"1901"}]}

The question is that for some reason, I can't read the JSonArray that is identified by the "teams" using the following Android code:

@Override
    protected void onPostExecute(String result)
    {
        dialog.dismiss();

        try {
            JSONArray teams = null;
            JSONObject json_response = new JSONObject(result);

            if(json_response.get("result").toString().compareTo("ERR")==0) {
                AlertDialog.Builder adig = new AlertDialog.Builder(ListTeamsActivity.this);
                adig.setMessage(json_response.get("status").toString());
                adig.setCancelable(true);
                AlertDialog diag = adig.create();
                diag.show();
            } else {
                // process the answer
                Log.d("debug_msg", "Teams = " + json_response.get("teams").toString());

                teams = new JSONArray(json_response.getJSONArray("teams"));

                for(int n=0; n< teams.length(); n++) {
                    JSONObject t = teams.getJSONObject(n);
                    arrTeams[n] = t.getString("tname");
                    Log.d("debug_msg", "Team = " + t.getString("tname"));
                }

                ArrayAdapter<String> adapter=new ArrayAdapter<String>(getApplicationContext(), android.R.layout.activity_list_item, arrTeams);
                lv.setAdapter(adapter);
            }

        } catch (JSONException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

    }
}

This always results in the same error:

org.json.JSONException: Not a primitive array: class org.json.JSONArray

Here is the full output:

03-25 14:15:19.577: D/debug_msg(1960): Response = {"result":"OK","teams":[{"id":"1","tname":"Sport Lisboa e Benfica","tcity":"Lisboa","tfy":"1901"},{"id":"2","tname":"Sport Lisboa e Benfica","tcity":"Lisboa","tfy":"1901"}]}
03-25 14:15:19.647: D/debug_msg(1960): Teams = [{"tname":"Sport Lisboa e Benfica","id":"1","tfy":"1901","tcity":"Lisboa"},{"tname":"Sport Lisboa e Benfica","id":"2","tfy":"1901","tcity":"Lisboa"}]
03-25 14:15:19.657: W/System.err(1960): org.json.JSONException: Not a primitive array: class org.json.JSONArray
03-25 14:15:19.677: W/System.err(1960):     at org.json.JSONArray.<init>(JSONArray.java:116)
03-25 14:15:19.687: W/System.err(1960):     at pt.iscte.daam.soccerleague.ListTeamsActivity$ListTeams.onPostExecute(ListTeamsActivity.java:113)
03-25 14:15:19.697: W/System.err(1960):     at pt.iscte.daam.soccerleague.ListTeamsActivity$ListTeams.onPostExecute(ListTeamsActivity.java:1)
03-25 14:15:19.697: W/System.err(1960):     at android.os.AsyncTask.finish(AsyncTask.java:632)
03-25 14:15:19.697: W/System.err(1960):     at android.os.AsyncTask.access$600(AsyncTask.java:177)
03-25 14:15:19.707: W/System.err(1960):     at android.os.AsyncTask$InternalHandler.handleMessage(AsyncTask.java:645)
03-25 14:15:19.707: W/System.err(1960):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
03-25 14:15:19.707: W/System.err(1960):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
03-25 14:15:19.707: W/System.err(1960):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4998)
03-25 14:15:19.707: W/System.err(1960):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
03-25 14:15:19.717: W/System.err(1960):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
03-25 14:15:19.717: W/System.err(1960):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:777)
03-25 14:15:19.717: W/System.err(1960):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:593)
03-25 14:15:19.727: W/System.err(1960):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

Thank you for your help....

Answer 1

Why are you creating a new JSON Array? You shouldn't need to create a new one, just get it directly.

teams = json_response.getJSONArray("teams");