Hi i have a JSON file saved in a txt file and i am parsing it in my android code. I keep getting a JSONSyntax lateral exception. I used a json validator and my json syntax is correct. I really don't know the problem. Can someone pls help me out. I used this JSON object array in my file
{"destinations": [
{
"name": "Aegean Coast",
"id": "001"
},
{
"name": "Black Sea",
"id": "002"
},
{
"name": "Central and eastern Anatolia",
"id": "003"
},
{
"name": "Istanbul",
"id": "004"
},
{
"name": "Lycian Way",
"id": "005"
},
{
"name": "Georgia",
"id": "006"
}
]
}
This is my android class fragment where i access my json objects:
public class DestinationsFragment extends Fragment {
private GoogleMap map;
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_destinations, container, false);
ListView listview= (ListView)rootView.findViewById(R.id.list);
String feed = loadJSONFromAsset();
try {
ArrayList<String> items = new ArrayList<String>();
JSONArray jsonArray = new JSONArray(feed);
for (int i = 0; i < jsonArray.length(); i++) {
JSONObject jsonObject = jsonArray.getJSONObject(i);
String name= jsonObject.getString("name");
items.add(name);
Log.d(name,"Output");
}
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(getActivity(),R.layout.list_item, items);
listview.setAdapter(adapter);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return rootView;
}
public String loadJSONFromAsset() {
String json = null;
try {
InputStream is = getActivity().getAssets().open("destinations.txt");
int size = is.available();
byte[] buffer = new byte[size];
is.read(buffer);
is.close();
json = new String(buffer, "UTF-8");
} catch (IOException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
return null;
}
return json;
}
}
This is my logcat error ouput:
06-02 11:51:47.027: W/System.err(6304): org.json.JSONException: Expected literal value at character 1 of {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\cocoartf1265\cocoasubrtf200
06-02 11:51:47.027: W/System.err(6304): {\fonttbl\f0\fmodern\fcharset0 CourierNewPSMT;}
06-02 11:51:47.027: W/System.err(6304): {\colortbl;\red255\green255\blue255;}
06-02 11:51:47.027: W/System.err(6304): \paperw11900\paperh16840\margl1440\margr1440\vieww10800\viewh8400\viewkind0
06-02 11:51:47.027: W/System.err(6304): \deftab720
06-02 11:51:47.027: W/System.err(6304): \pard\pardeftab720
06-02 11:51:47.027: W/System.err(6304): \f0\fs28 \cf0 \{"destinations": [\
06-02 11:51:47.027: W/System.err(6304): \{\
06-02 11:51:47.027: W/System.err(6304): "name": "Aegean Coast",\
06-02 11:51:47.027: W/System.err(6304): "id": "001"\
06-02 11:51:47.027: W/System.err(6304): \},\
06-02 11:51:47.027: W/System.err(6304): \{\
06-02 11:51:47.027: W/System.err(6304): "name": "Black Sea",\
06-02 11:51:47.027: W/System.err(6304): "id": "002"\
06-02 11:51:47.027: W/System.err(6304): \},\
06-02 11:51:47.027: W/System.err(6304): \{\
06-02 11:51:47.027: W/System.err(6304): "name": "Central and eastern Anatolia",\
06-02 11:51:47.027: W/System.err(6304): "id": "003"\
06-02 11:51:47.027: W/System.err(6304): \},\
06-02 11:51:47.027: W/System.err(6304): \{\
06-02 11:51:47.027: W/System.err(6304): "name": "Istanbul",\
06-02 11:51:47.027: W/System.err(6304): "id": "004"\
06-02 11:51:47.027: W/System.err(6304): \},\
06-02 11:51:47.027: W/System.err(6304): \{\
06-02 11:51:47.027: W/System.err(6304): "name": "Lycian Way",\
06-02 11:51:47.027: W/System.err(6304): "id": "005"\
06-02 11:51:47.027: W/System.err(6304): \},\
06-02 11:51:47.027: W/System.err(6304): \{\
06-02 11:51:47.027: W/System.err(6304): "name": "Georgia",\
06-02 11:51:47.027: W/System.err(6304): "id": "006"\
06-02 11:51:47.027: W/System.err(6304): \}\
06-02 11:51:47.027: W/System.err(6304): ]\
06-02 11:51:47.027: W/System.err(6304): \}}
06-02 11:51:47.037: W/System.err(6304): at org.json.JSONTokener.syntaxError(JSONTokener.java:450)
06-02 11:51:47.037: W/System.err(6304): at org.json.JSONTokener.readLiteral(JSONTokener.java:285)
06-02 11:51:47.037: W/System.err(6304): at org.json.JSONTokener.nextValue(JSONTokener.java:111)
06-02 11:51:47.037: W/System.err(6304): at org.json.JSONTokener.readObject(JSONTokener.java:362)
06-02 11:51:47.037: W/System.err(6304): at org.json.JSONTokener.nextValue(JSONTokener.java:100)
06-02 11:51:47.037: W/System.err(6304): at org.json.JSONArray.<init>(JSONArray.java:87)
06-02 11:51:47.037: W/System.err(6304): at org.json.JSONArray.<init>(JSONArray.java:103)
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