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Android Build a Weather App (2015) Working with JSON Using JSONObject

Posted by Abdiaziz Abdullahi Abdulle
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Abdiaziz Abdullahi Abdulle
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 7,458 Points

The data in the file data.json has been loaded into a JSONObject named jsonData. Using data.json as your guide, create S

I've one error which says "JavaTester.java:98: error: incompatible types: JSONObject cannot be converted to String JSONObject haye = new JSONObject(jsonData); " and I am stuck, please help

JSONChallenge.java 
// A JSONObject variable named 'jsonData'
// was loaded from the data.json file.


JSONObject haye = new JSONObject(jsonData);  

String name = haye.getString("Treehouse Book Series");

String publisher = haye.getString("Wiley");

String language = haye.getString("English");
data.json 
{
    "name":"Treehouse Book Series",
    "publisher":"Wiley",
    "language":"English",
    "books":[
        {
            "title":"HTML5 Foundations",
            "author":"Matt West",
            "pages":384
        },
        {
            "title":"CSS3 Foundations",
            "author":"Ian Lunn",
            "pages":352
        }
    ]
}

1 Answer

MUZ140999 Tererai Zungura
MUZ140999 Tererai Zungura
4,112 Points
MUZ140999 Tererai Zungura
MUZ140999 Tererai Zungura
4,112 Points

"The data in the file data.json has been loaded into a JSONObject named jsonData." The error that you are getting is because of the "haye" that you are adding. there is no need for another JSONObject because the line i quoted above says that has already been done. get rid of your "haye" first line and just use the JOSObject jsonData, for example:

String name = jsonData.getString("name"); String publisher = haye.getString("publisher"); String language = haye.getString("language");