com.google.gson.JsonSyntaxException: java.lang.IllegalStateException in android

android, gson

Solution

I think: (Your JSON is not String array, It is Object Array)

public class City {
   private String cityId;
   private String cityName;

   // Getters, Setters
}

And parse by GSON

City[] placelist;
placelist = gson.fromJson(result, City[].class);

You can read more about Gson at: Gson Example

Problem

*I am getting error : com.google.gson.JsonSyntaxException: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Expected a string but was BEGIN_OBJECT at line 1 column 3* My Code: ``` Gson gson = new Gson(); String[] placelist; placelist = gson.fromJson(result, String[].class); // Assign the String array as Country Spinner Control's items ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(getApplicationContext(), android.R.layout.simple_dropdown_item_1line, placelist); spinnerFood.setAdapter(adapter); ``` I am getting output in result which is as below : ``` [{"CityId":1,"CityName":"Vadodara"},{"CityId":2,"CityName":"ahmedabad"},{"CityId":3,"CityName":"Gandhinagar"},{"CityId":4,"CityName":"Bhavnagar"},{"CityId":15,"CityName":"Anantapur"},{"CityId":16,"CityName":"Srikakulam"},{"CityId":17,"CityName":"Rajahmundry"},{"CityId":18,"CityName":"Guntur"},{"CityId":29,"CityName":"Hyderabad"},{"CityId":30,"CityName":"Karimnagar"}] ``` Please help me to solve this problem. I have already added gson.jar file in configuration.

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