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Android Build a Blog Reader Android App Adapting Data for Display in a List Filling Our String Array and Creating the Adapter

Only (No items to display) shows when running app.

Instead of their being an array of blogpost when running my app it shows(No items to display). I have exact code as shown in the tutorials. Any help would be appreciated.

This is my source code

package com.jerdeez.blogreader;

import android.app.ListActivity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.net.ConnectivityManager;
import android.net.NetworkInfo;
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.text.Html;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.Toast;

import org.json.JSONArray;
import org.json.JSONException;
import org.json.JSONObject;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.Reader;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;


public class MainListActivity extends ListActivity {

    protected String[] mBlogPostTitles;
    public static final int NUMBER_OF_POSTS = 20;
    public static final String TAG = MainListActivity.class.getSimpleName();
    protected JSONObject mBlogData;


    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main_list);
        if (isNetworkAvailable()) {
            GetBlogPostsTask getBlogPostsTask = new GetBlogPostsTask();
            getBlogPostsTask.execute();
            //Toast.makeText(this, getString(R.string.no_items),Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        } else {
            Toast.makeText(this, "Network is unavailable!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }

    }

    private boolean isNetworkAvailable() {
        ConnectivityManager manager = (ConnectivityManager)
                getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
        NetworkInfo networkInfo = manager.getActiveNetworkInfo();

        boolean isAvailable = false;
        if (networkInfo != null && networkInfo.isConnected()) {
            isAvailable = true;
        }

        return isAvailable;
    }


    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main_list, menu);
        return true;
    }

    public void updateList() {
        if (mBlogData == null) {
            //to do: handle error
        }
        else{
            try {
                JSONArray jsonPost = mBlogData.getJSONArray("post");
                mBlogPostTitles = new String[jsonPost.length()];
                for (int i =0; i<jsonPost.length(); i++){
                 JSONObject post = jsonPost.getJSONObject(i);
                 String title = post.getString("title");
                 title = Html.fromHtml(title).toString();
                 mBlogPostTitles [i]= title;
                }
                ArrayAdapter <String> adapter= new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
                        android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, mBlogPostTitles);
                        setListAdapter(adapter);
            }
            catch (JSONException e) {
                Log.e(TAG, "Exception Caught!", e);
            }
        }

    }


    private class GetBlogPostsTask extends AsyncTask<Object, Void, JSONObject> {

        @Override
        protected JSONObject doInBackground(Object[] objects) {
            int responseCode = -1;
            JSONObject jsonResponse = null;

            try {
                //URL blogFeedUrl = new URL("http://blog.teamtreehouse.com/api/get_recent_summary/?count =" + NUMBER_OF_POSTS);
                URL blogFeedUrl = new URL("http://blog.teamtreehouse.com/api/get_recent_summary/?count=" + NUMBER_OF_POSTS);
                HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) blogFeedUrl.openConnection();
                connection.connect();

                //Creating are response code so that we can get data from the internet
                responseCode = connection.getResponseCode();
                if (responseCode == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
                    InputStream inputStream = connection.getInputStream(); //store the data into the input stream
                    Reader reader = new InputStreamReader(inputStream);//read the input stream
                    int contentLength = connection.getContentLength();//get the number of characters to read in
                    char[] charArray = new char[contentLength];//create the char array to store the the data
                    reader.read(charArray); //read and store the data array into the char array
                    String responseData = new String(charArray);//create a new string and convert and store from char to string

                    //This creates are Json object
                    jsonResponse = new JSONObject(responseData);


                }


                //} else {
                //Log.i(TAG, "Unsuccessful HTTP Response Code: " + responseCode);
                //}
                Log.i(TAG, "Code: " + responseCode);
            } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
                //e.printStackTrace();
                Log.e(TAG, "Exception caught: ", e);
            } catch (IOException e) {
                Log.e(TAG, "Exception caught: ", e);

            } catch (Exception e) {
                Log.e(TAG, "Exception caught: ", e);
            }


            return jsonResponse;
        }

        @Override
        protected void onPostExecute(JSONObject result) {
            mBlogData = result;
            updateList();

        }


    }

}
This is my logcat


10-15 11:25:13.919  32029-32029/com.jerdeez.blogreader W/IInputConnectionWrapper getSelectedText on inactive InputConnection
10-15 11:25:13.929  32029-32029/com.jerdeez.blogreader W/IInputConnectionWrapper setComposingText on inactive InputConnection
10-15 11:25:19.039  32029-32029/com.jerdeez.blogreader W/IInputConnectionWrapper showStatusIcon on inactive InputConnection
10-15 11:25:19.319  32029-32029/com.jerdeez.blogreader I/Adreno200-EGLSUB <ConfigWindowMatch:2087>: Format RGBA_8888.
10-15 11:25:19.679  32029-32284/com.jerdeez.blogreader I/MainListActivity Code: 200
10-15 11:25:19.679  32029-32029/com.jerdeez.blogreader E/MainListActivity Exception Caught!
    org.json.JSONException: No value for post
            at org.json.JSONObject.get(JSONObject.java:354)
            at org.json.JSONObject.getJSONArray(JSONObject.java:544)
            at com.jerdeez.blogreader.MainListActivity.updateList(MainListActivity.java:77)
            at com.jerdeez.blogreader.MainListActivity$GetBlogPostsTask.onPostExecute(MainListActivity.java:148)
            at com.jerdeez.blogreader.MainListActivity$GetBlogPostsTask.onPostExecute(MainListActivity.java:97)
            at android.os.AsyncTask.finish(AsyncTask.java:631)
            at android.os.AsyncTask.access$600(AsyncTask.java:177)
            at android.os.AsyncTask$InternalHandler.handleMessage(AsyncTask.java:644)
            at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
            at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4781)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:3152)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:2919)
            at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
Kate Hoferkamp
Kate Hoferkamp
5,205 Points

What emulator are you using?

1 Answer

I must say your error was really hard to find. I am not sure if I got it, as there could be more, but...try changing

JSONArray jsonPost = mBlogData.getJSONArray("post"); 

to

JSONArray jsonPost = mBlogData.getJSONArray("posts"); 

Ps. If you have errors, it is almost sure something in your code is not exactly the same as shown in the tutorials. So, it needs to be carefully written.

Gloria,

Thanks you are awesome!! After i have changed my code around with frustration and the whole time it was the "Post" instead of "Posts" LOL as you can probably tell i'm quite the newb.

No problem XD that is hard for any type of person to find. No matter the experience. Because it is more of a "typo" than a coding issue. You are welcome. Good luck.