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Android

Posted by Jozef Damo
Jozef Damo
Courses Plus Student 156 Points

How to parse Json data to Android app from local file ?

Hey guys. I'm trying to parse Json data into String from local file. For my data.json file I created new folder named raw in res folder. I just don't know how to get String from that.

I was looking for solution in StackOverflow and I found this

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19945411/android-java-how-can-i-parse-a-local-json-file-from-assets-folder-into-a-listvi

but first answer there is not working for me because I haven't got that code in Activity class and getAssets() method works only there.

So I searched for another solution and I found something here

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9544737/read-file-from-assets

but that is confusing for me. Can anyone please show me how to parse that data from local file in normal class (not Activity class) ? Thanks

Louis Sankey
Louis Sankey
22,595 Points
Louis Sankey
Louis Sankey
22,595 Points

Did you ever figure out an answer to this? I'm currently trying to populate a listView from a local json file and not having any luck.