java.lang.IllegalStateException: Expected BEGIN_ARRAY but was BEGIN_OBJECT at line 1 column 2

android, gson, java, retrofit

Solution

Change `List<mGooglePlacesApiResponse> mGp` to `mGooglePlacesApiResponse mGp`. Your JSON contains object not list.

@edit

Btw, html_attributions is an array

@edit2

Well, i see you corrected your html_attrubutions

Problem

I am using `Retro Fit` to connect to API online. But I am getting this error while trying to parse the returned data. ``` retrofit.RetrofitError: com.google.gson.JsonSyntaxException: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Expected BEGIN_ARRAY but was BEGIN_OBJECT at line 1 column 2 ``` The data being returned is in This format and model for data is also given below: ``` iGPlaceApi.getStreams(ITEMS_PER_PAGE, pageNumber * ITEMS_PER_PAGE, new Callback<List<mGooglePlacesApiResponse>>() { @Override public void success(List<mGooglePlacesApiResponse> mGp, Response response) { int n = mGp.size(); Object asa = mGp.toArray(); } @Override public void failure(RetrofitError retrofitError) { String error = retrofitError.toString(); } }); public class mGooglePlacesApiResponse { public String html_attributions; //public List<String> html_attributions; public String next_page_token; public List<place> results; } public class place { public Geometry geometry; public String icon; public String id; public String name; public OpeningHours opening_hours; public List<Photo> photo ... ```

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