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Android Android Lists and Adapters (2015) Updating the Data Model Using JSONArray

alex gwartney
alex gwartney
8,849 Points

Getting Json array object?

Im just a bit confused on what variable im supposed to set ind order to access the json array could some one take a look at it and let me know thanks.

CodeChallenge.java
// JSONObject 'jsonData' was loaded from data.json

JSONArray jsonShows = jsonShows.getJSONArray("shows");
data.json
{
    "name":"Netflix Playlist",
    "shows":[
        {
            "title":"Doctor Who",
            "season":8,
            "episode":3
        },
        {
            "title":"Arrow",
            "season":1,
            "episode":10
        },
        {
            "title":"Portlandia",
            "season":4,
            "episode":5
        }
    ]
}

1 Answer

Ken Alger
STAFF
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher

Alex;

Ooooh, you are close. You are attempting to load your JSON data from jsonShows, but the data object is named jsonData. Make that minor adjustment and you are good.

Happy coding,

Ken