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

Posted by itai chiriseri
itai chiriseri
5,127 Points

JSON question

i cannot seem to figure out what to pass in as the parameter for my JSONObject constructor and need anyone who can assist me.

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

Jacob Bergdahl
Jacob Bergdahl
29,119 Points
Jacob Bergdahl
Jacob Bergdahl
29,119 Points

Instead of simply giving you the answer, I recommend you to watch the video before the challenge again :) You can skip the video to about the 04:10 mark! Your answer is right there :)

itai chiriseri
itai chiriseri
5,127 Points

okay thank you for that

itai chiriseri
itai chiriseri
5,127 Points

thanks again i saw my mistake