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

Posted by MUZ140651 Patience Muchirahondo
MUZ140651 Patience Muchirahondo
4,123 Points

The data in the file data.json has been loaded into a JSONObject named jsonData. Using data.json

where m i missing it

JSONChallenge.java 
// A JSONObject variable named 'jsonData'
// was loaded from the data.json file.
private CurrentDetails getCurrentDetails(String jsonData)  {
  JSONObject  = new JSONObject(jsonData);
  String name = jsonData.getString("name");
  String publisher = jsonData.getString("publisher");
  String language = jsonData.getString("language");
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
        }
    ]
}
MUZ140668 Gilbert Sibanda
MUZ140668 Gilbert Sibanda
4,918 Points

can you post the full question of your code challenge

2 Answers

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Hi there,

The variable jsonData is already a JSONObject. So, you need to simplify your code a little:

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

Hope that helps!

Steve.

MUZ140651 Patience Muchirahondo
MUZ140651 Patience Muchirahondo
4,123 Points
MUZ140651 Patience Muchirahondo
MUZ140651 Patience Muchirahondo
4,123 Points

Thanx lots Steve, it helped