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Android Android Lists and Adapters (2015) Updating the Data Model Using JSONArray

Posted by MUZ140828 Tendayi Munodawafa
MUZ140828 Tendayi Munodawafa
4,154 Points

help on this code

help

CodeChallenge.java 
// JSONObject 'jsonData' was loaded from data.json
JSONArray jsonBooks = jsonData.getJSONArray("books");
for (int i = 0; i < jsonBooks.length(); i++)
{
  JSONObject book = jsonBooks.getJSONObject(i);
  String title = book.getJSONObject("title");
  String pages = book.getJSONObject("pages");
  Log.i("CodeChallenge", title+", "+pages);
}
data.json 
{
    "name":"Netflix Playlist",
    "shows":[
        {
            "title":"Doctor Who",
            "season":8,
            "episode":3
        },
        {
            "title":"Arrow",
            "season":1,
            "episode":10
        },
        {
            "title":"Portlandia",
            "season":4,
            "episode":5
        }
    ]
}

1 Answer

Jon Kussmann
PLUS
Jon Kussmann
Courses Plus Student 7,254 Points
Jon Kussmann
Jon Kussmann
Courses Plus Student 7,254 Points

You are attempting to get a JSONArray of "books" and not "shows" as shown in the data.json file. Same with "pages" vs "episodes".