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Android Build a Blog Reader Android App Getting Data from the Web Parsing Data Returned in JSON Format

Parsing Data Returned in JSON Format

My logcat view does not display any JSON messages. Any thoughts?

public class MainListActivity extends ListActivity {

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

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main_list);

        if (isNetworkAvailable()) {
            GetBlogPostsTask getBlogPostsTask = new GetBlogPostsTask();
            getBlogPostsTask.execute();
        }
        else{
            Toast.makeText(this, "Network is unavailable", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }
        //Toast.makeText(this, getString(R.string.no_item), 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;
    }

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

        @Override
        protected String doInBackground(Object... arg0) {
            int responseCode = -1;
            try {
                URL blogFeedURL = new URL ("http://blog.teamtreehouse.com/api/get_recent_summary/?count=" + NUMBER_OF_POSTS);
                HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) blogFeedURL.openConnection();
                connection.connect();

                responseCode = connection.getResponseCode();
                if(responseCode == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK){
                    InputStream inputStream = connection.getInputStream();
                    Reader reader = new InputStreamReader(inputStream);
                    int contentLength = connection.getContentLength();
                    char [] charArray = new char [contentLength];
                    reader.read(charArray);
                    String responseData = new String(charArray);

                    JSONObject jsonResponse = new JSONObject(responseData);
                    String status = jsonResponse.getString("status");
                    Log.v(TAG,status);

                    JSONArray jsonPosts = jsonResponse.getJSONArray("posts");
                    for(int i = 0; i < jsonPosts.length(); i++){
                        JSONObject jsonPost = jsonPosts.getJSONObject(i);
                        String title = jsonPost.getString("title");
                        Log.v(TAG, "Post" + i +":" + title);
                    }
                        }
                else{
                    Log.i(TAG,"UnsuccessfulCode: " + responseCode);
                }

            }
            catch(MalformedURLException e){
                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 "Code: " + responseCode;
        }


    }
}

1 Answer

Sorry...didn't scroll all the way to the right in the logcat view...Please ignore question.