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Android Build a Weather App Working with JSON Introducing JSONObject

Posted by aaronr
aaronr
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How to parse JSONData from accuweather.com

For those using the AccuWeather API the JSONData is structured differently. The JSONObject is inside an JSONArray. Here is a code snippet showing how to parse the JSONData from accuweather.com in the current lesson.

private CurrentWeather getCurrentDetails(String jsonData) throws JSONException {
    JSONArray jsonArray = new JSONArray(jsonData);
    JSONObject row = jsonArray.getJSONObject(0);
    String LocalObservationDateTime = row.getString("LocalObservationDateTime");

    Log.i(TAG,"From JSON: : " + LocalObservationDateTime);
    return null;
}

1 Answer

Jack Chaffin
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Jack Chaffin
Courses Plus Student 4,462 Points
Jack Chaffin
Jack Chaffin
Courses Plus Student 4,462 Points

So, I decided to just get the EffectiveDate, which is part of the Headline object in the JSON accuweather returns. Took a bit of playing, but I realized you have to get the object "Headline" before you can get the parameter "EffectiveDate". Here's my code. It logged correctly. 

private CurrentWeather getCurrentDetails(String jsonData) throws JSONException {
        JSONObject forecast = new JSONObject(jsonData);

        String date = forecast.getJSONObject("Headline").getString("EffectiveDate");
        Log.i(TAG, "From JSON: " + date);
        return null;
    }