Reading JSON double dimensional array in Java

android, java, json

Solution

Your JSON string is a `JSONArray` of `JSONObject` which then contain an inner `JSONObject` called "news".

Try this for parsing it:

JSONArray array = new JSONArray(jsonString);

for(int i = 0; i < array.length(); i++) {
    JSONObject obj = array.getJSONObject(i);
    JSONObject innerObject = obj.getJSONObject("news");

    String title = innerObject.getString("title");
    String content = innerObject.getString("content");
    String date = innerObject.getString("date");

    /* Use your title, content, and date variables here */
}

Problem

Each `news` entry has three things : `title`,`content`and `date`. The entries are retrieved from a database and I would like to read them in my application using JSONObject and JSONArray. However, I do not know how to use these classes. Here is my JSON string: ``` [ { "news":{ "title":"5th title", "content":"5th content", "date":"1363197493" } }, { "news":{ "title":"4th title", "content":"4th content", "date":"1363197454" } }, { "news":{ "title":"3rd title", "content":"3rd content", "date":"1363197443" } }, { "news":{ "title":"2nd title", "content":"2nd content", "date":"1363197409" } }, { "news":{ "title":"1st title", "content":"1st content", "date":"1363197399" } } ] ```

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