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Parse Json data into a Json object

I have a problem with parsing a tag inside a Json object.
My json code is structured like that:
{"giocatori":[{"nome":"Giovanni","cognome":"Muchacha","numero":"1","ruolo":"F-G"},
{"nome":"Giorgio","cognome":"Rossi","numero":"2","ruolo":"AG"},
{"nome":"Andrea","cognome":"Suagoloso","numero":"3","ruolo":"P"},
{"nome":"Salvatore","cognome":"Aranzulla","numero":"4","ruolo":"G"},
{"nome":"Giulio","cognome":"Muchacha","numero":"5","ruolo":"F"}]}
I got the code that let me get the Json file from here: Get JSON Data from URL Using Android? and I'm trying to parse a tag (for example the "nome" tag) into a Json object.
This is the code I got:
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
Button btnHit;
TextView txtJson;
ProgressDialog pd;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
btnHit = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnHit);
txtJson = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tvJsonItem);
btnHit.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
new JsonTask().execute("https://api.myjson.com/bins/177dpo");
}
});
}
private class JsonTask extends AsyncTask<String, String, String> {
protected void onPreExecute() {
super.onPreExecute();
pd = new ProgressDialog(MainActivity.this);
pd.setMessage("Please wait");
pd.setCancelable(false);
pd.show();
}
protected String doInBackground(String... params) {
HttpURLConnection connection = null;
BufferedReader reader = null;
try {
URL url = new URL(params[0]);
connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
connection.connect();
InputStream stream = connection.getInputStream();
reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(stream));
StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
String line = "";
while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
buffer.append(line+"\n");
Log.d("Response: ", "> " + line);
}
return buffer.toString();
} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
if (connection != null) {
connection.disconnect();
}
try {
if (reader != null) {
reader.close();
}
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
return null;
}
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(String result) {
super.onPostExecute(result);
if (pd.isShowing()){
pd.dismiss();
}
txtJson.setText(result);
}
}
}
I've never worked with this type of file so I'll really appreciate your help!

You can use something like this:
try {
String servResponse = response.toString();
JSONObject parentObj = new JSONObject(servResponse);
JSONArray parentArray = parentObj.getJSONArray("giocatori");
if (parentArray.length() == 0) {
//if it's empty, do something (or not)
} else {
//Here, finalObj will have your jsonObject
JSONObject finalObj = parentArray.getJSONObject(0);
//if you decide to store some value of the object, you can do like this (i've created a nomeGiocatori for example)
nomeGiocatori = finalObj.getString("nome");
}
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.d("Exception: ", "UnknownException");
}
I use this kind of code all the time, works like a charm.

Calling AsyncTask class it does not execute doInBackgound method

when calling
new AsyncFeed(strurl).execute();
after this its able to call constructor of AsyncFeed but not able to execute doInBackground(). while debugging i found out it calls constructor and then simply returns back to the calling statement making a nullpointer exception in later code
public class HttpHandler {
public HttpHandler() {
}
URL url;
HttpURLConnection httpURLConnection = null;
InputStream inputStream;
BufferedReader bufferedReader = null;
StringBuffer stringBuffer;
String strurl;
public String getJsonString(String strurl){
new AsyncFeed(strurl).execute();
return String.valueOf(stringBuffer);
}
class AsyncFeed extends AsyncTask<String,Void,String>{
String urlStr;
public AsyncFeed(String urlStr) {
this.urlStr=urlStr;
}
#Override
protected String doInBackground(String... strings) {
try {
url = new URL(urlStr);
httpURLConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
httpURLConnection.connect();
inputStream = httpURLConnection.getInputStream();
bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream));
String line;
stringBuffer = new StringBuffer();
while ((line=bufferedReader.readLine()) != null){
stringBuffer.append(line);
}
} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
if(bufferedReader !=null)
try {
bufferedReader.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
httpURLConnection.disconnect();
}
return null;
}

If you think that stringBuffer is null, it's because function public String getJsonString(String strurl) returns String value of uninitialized stringBuffer before AsyncFeed is completed. You should use something like this:
public void loadJsonString(String strurl){
new AsyncFeed(strurl).execute();
//return String.valueOf(stringBuffer);
}
class AsyncFeed extends AsyncTask<Void,Void,Void>{
String urlStr;
public AsyncFeed(String urlStr) {
this.urlStr=urlStr;
}
#Override
protected String doInBackground(Void... records) {
try {
url = new URL(urlStr);
httpURLConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
httpURLConnection.connect();
inputStream = httpURLConnection.getInputStream();
bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream));
String line;
stringBuffer = new StringBuffer();
while ((line=bufferedReader.readLine()) != null){
stringBuffer.append(line);
}
} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
if(bufferedReader !=null)
try {
bufferedReader.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
httpURLConnection.disconnect();
}
return null;
}
#Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
//f.e. show progress dialog
}
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(Void result) {
//now you have initialized stringBuffer so do what you want with it
//hide progress dialog
//print String value of stringBuffer initialized in doInBackground
System.out.print(String.valueOf(stringBuffer));
}
)
There are more options to do that but it's hard to write exactly what you need without seeing more of your code or specify your question, so if you have some
questions to me just write comment :) or read more here Android Developers - AsyncTask
EDIT
Okay I understand, try do it like this, the idea is just pass calling object into the async task and from there in onPostExecute() will be updated data
in ClassA and continue with what you need
public class ClassA{
String url;
String jsonObjectString;
//instead of getJsonString(url) call this and after async task will finish
//it calls updateDataFromAsync() so you will have data loaded and you can continue work with it in doSomethingAfterAsync()
private void loadData(){
//pass the calling object into the async task
new HttpHandler(this).startLoadJsonString(url);
}
//this will async taks call in onPostExecute()
public void updateDataFromAsync(String s){
jsonObjectString = s;
doSomethingAfterAsync();
}
private doSomethingAfterAsync(){
}
}
public class HttpHandler {
URL url;
HttpURLConnection httpURLConnection = null;
InputStream inputStream;
BufferedReader bufferedReader = null;
StringBuffer stringBuffer;
String strurl;
ClassA classA;
public HttpHandler(ClassA classA) {
this.classA = classA;
}
public void startLoadJsonString(String strurl){
new AsyncFeed(strurl).execute();
}
private class AsyncFeed extends AsyncTask<Void,Void,Void>{
String urlStr;
public AsyncFeed(String urlStr) {
this.urlStr=urlStr;
}
#Override
protected String doInBackground(Void... records) {
try {
url = new URL(urlStr);
httpURLConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
httpURLConnection.connect();
inputStream = httpURLConnection.getInputStream();
bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream));
String line;
stringBuffer = new StringBuffer();
while ((line=bufferedReader.readLine()) != null){
stringBuffer.append(line);
}
} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
if(bufferedReader !=null)
try {
bufferedReader.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
httpURLConnection.disconnect();
}
return null;
}
#Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
//f.e. show progress dialog
}
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(Void result) {
//now you have initialized stringBuffer so do what you want with it
//hide progress dialog
//call updateDataFromAsync from ClassA class and continue there
classA.updateDataFromAsync(String.valueOf(stringBuffer));
}
)

method execute in AsyncTask does not work with String

I try to execute an AsyncTask like this
private static final String REQUESTED_URL = "//my url";
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.earthquake_activity);
EarthQuakeAsyncTask task = new EarthQuakeAsyncTask();
task.execute(REQUESTED_URL); //this is where the error is
}
but Android Studio said that it cannot resolve method execute(String). I'm having a tutorial from Udacity, their sample is pretty much similar
/** URL for earthquake data from the USGS dataset */
private static final String USGS_REQUEST_URL =
"//url";
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
EarthquakeAsyncTask task = new EarthquakeAsyncTask();
task.execute(USGS_REQUEST_URL); //it works
}
Can someone tell me why this possibly occurs?
Edit: this is my EarthQuakeAsyncTask class:
private class EarthQuakeAsyncTask extends AsyncTask<URL,Void,ArrayList<EarthQuake>> {
#Override
protected ArrayList<EarthQuake> doInBackground(URL... urls) {
if(urls.length==0||urls[0]== null){
return null;
}
// Create URL object
URL url = createUrl(REQUESTED_URL);
try {
jsonResponse = makeHttpRequest(url);
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Handle the IOException
}
ArrayList<EarthQuake> earthquake = QueryUtils.extractEarthquakes(jsonResponse);
return earthquake;
}
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(ArrayList<EarthQuake> earthquake) {
if (earthquake == null) {
return;
}
updateUi();
}
private URL createUrl(String stringUrl) {
URL url;
try {
url = new URL(stringUrl);
} catch (MalformedURLException exception) {
Log.e(LOG_TAG, "Error with creating URL", exception);
return null;
}
return url;
}
private String makeHttpRequest(URL url) throws IOException {
// If the URL is null, then return early.
if (url == null) {
return jsonResponse;
}
HttpURLConnection urlConnection = null;
InputStream inputStream = null;
try {
urlConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
urlConnection.setReadTimeout(10000 /* milliseconds */);
urlConnection.setConnectTimeout(15000 /* milliseconds */);
urlConnection.setRequestMethod("GET");
urlConnection.connect();
// If the request was successful (response code 200),
// then read the input stream and parse the response.
if (urlConnection.getResponseCode() == 200) {
inputStream = urlConnection.getInputStream();
jsonResponse = readFromStream(inputStream);
} else {
Log.e(LOG_TAG, "Error response code: " + urlConnection.getResponseCode());
}
} catch (IOException e) {
Log.e(LOG_TAG, "Problem retrieving the earthquake JSON results.", e);
} finally {
if (urlConnection != null) {
urlConnection.disconnect();
}
if (inputStream != null) {
inputStream.close();
}
}
return jsonResponse;
}
private String readFromStream(InputStream inputStream) throws IOException {
StringBuilder output = new StringBuilder();
if (inputStream != null) {
InputStreamReader inputStreamReader = new InputStreamReader(inputStream, Charset.forName("UTF-8"));
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(inputStreamReader);
String line = reader.readLine();
while (line != null) {
output.append(line);
line = reader.readLine();
}
}
return output.toString();
}
}
}

Your class signature suggests that you are expecting a URL type as parameter, but you are passing a String type in the execute() method. All you need to do is to change your class signature to expect a String as in the one in this code.
private class EarthQuakeAsyncTask extends AsyncTask<String,Void,ArrayList<EarthQuake>> {
#Override
protected ArrayList<EarthQuake> doInBackground(String... urls) {
if(urls.length==0||urls[0]== null){
return null;
}
// Create a URL object from the String passed to the execute method
URL url = createUrl(urls[0]);
try {
jsonResponse = makeHttpRequest(url);
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Handle the IOException
}
ArrayList<EarthQuake> earthquake = QueryUtils.extractEarthquakes(jsonResponse);
return earthquake;
}
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(ArrayList<EarthQuake> earthquake) {
if (earthquake == null) {
return;
}
updateUi();
}
private URL createUrl(String stringUrl) {
URL url;
try {
url = new URL(stringUrl);
} catch (MalformedURLException exception) {
Log.e(LOG_TAG, "Error with creating URL", exception);
return null;
}
return url;
}
private String makeHttpRequest(URL url) throws IOException {
// If the URL is null, then return early.
if (url == null) {
return jsonResponse;
}
HttpURLConnection urlConnection = null;
InputStream inputStream = null;
try {
urlConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
urlConnection.setReadTimeout(10000 /* milliseconds */);
urlConnection.setConnectTimeout(15000 /* milliseconds */);
urlConnection.setRequestMethod("GET");
urlConnection.connect();
// If the request was successful (response code 200),
// then read the input stream and parse the response.
if (urlConnection.getResponseCode() == 200) {
inputStream = urlConnection.getInputStream();
jsonResponse = readFromStream(inputStream);
} else {
Log.e(LOG_TAG, "Error response code: " + urlConnection.getResponseCode());
}
} catch (IOException e) {
Log.e(LOG_TAG, "Problem retrieving the earthquake JSON results.", e);
} finally {
if (urlConnection != null) {
urlConnection.disconnect();
}
if (inputStream != null) {
inputStream.close();
}
}
return jsonResponse;
}
private String readFromStream(InputStream inputStream) throws IOException {
StringBuilder output = new StringBuilder();
if (inputStream != null) {
InputStreamReader inputStreamReader = new InputStreamReader(inputStream, Charset.forName("UTF-8"));
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(inputStreamReader);
String line = reader.readLine();
while (line != null) {
output.append(line);
line = reader.readLine();
}
}
return output.toString();
}
}
}

That is because your AsyncTask class isn't defined in a manner to handle the execute method with a String parameter. Let me explain myself.
The AsyncTask class you develop will look like this:
private class MyAsyncTask extends AsyncTask<TYPE1, TYPE2, TYPE3> {
protected TYPE3 doInBackground(TYPE1... type1_variables) {
// Do some long process here..
return variable_of_type_TYPE3;
}
protected void onPostExecute(TYPE3 result) {
// Do something here
}
}
So for you to call task.execute(REQUESTED_URL); you'd need to implement your AsyncTask class correctly.
For example it might look like this:
private class EarthQuakeAsyncTask extends AsyncTask<String, Void, Void> {
...
}

Parsing Integer from JSON not working [duplicate]

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How do I parse JSON in Android? [duplicate]
(3 answers)
Closed 6 years ago.
I am attempting to make an app in android studio that gets live currency rates, so I decided to use a JSON to do this. I am currently able to print out the entire JSON as a string, however I would like to be able to set the TextView to the USD conversion rate, however it doesn't work. The TextView does not change. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
public class Converter extends AppCompatActivity {
TextView txtJson;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_converter);
txtJson = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tvJsonItem);
new JsonTask().execute("https://openexchangerates.org/api/latest.json?app_id=870447ebb4d94379972250a3bdaed73f");
}
private class JsonTask extends AsyncTask<String, String, String> {
protected String doInBackground(String... params) {
HttpURLConnection connection = null;
BufferedReader reader = null;
try {
URL url = new URL(params[0]);
connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
connection.connect();
InputStream stream = connection.getInputStream();
reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(stream));
StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
String line = "";
while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
buffer.append(line + "\n");
Log.d("Response: ", "> " + line);
}
return buffer.toString();
} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
if (connection != null) {
connection.disconnect();
}
try {
if (reader != null) {
reader.close();
}
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
return null;
}
#Override
public void onPostExecute(String result) {
super.onPostExecute(result);
try {
JSONObject jObject = new JSONObject(result);
int USD = jObject.getInt("USD");
String strUSD = Integer.toString(USD);
txtJson.setText(strUSD);
} catch (JSONException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}}

You need to get the "rates" object before you can access the "USD" value
Also, it's not an integer. It's a double
getJSONObject("rates").getDouble("USD")

Informationparsing from URL-Request not working / Didn't found TextView

i need your help. I want to send a URL Request, get response and create a JSON Object. My first try was totally wrong. Now I found a tutorial and made a new try.
My Activity looks like:
public class Patienten extends Activity {
//Beacon Elemente
private String UUID;
private String Major;
private String Minor;
private TextView output;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_patienten);
output = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.output);
UpdateBeaconInformation();
Button cmdHit = (Button) findViewById(R.id.cmd_hit);
cmdHit.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
new JSONTask().execute("//http://kusber-web.de/JsonTest.txt");
}
});
setTitle(Surname + ", " + FirstName);
// output.setText(output.getText().toString() + "Gefundener Patient:\n" + "Name: " + Surname + ", " + FirstName + "\nGeb.-Dat: " + Birthdate);
}
Then I created a new Java Class and built an asyncTask with it. But I can't access to the textview output in onPostExecute to update it.
public class JSONTask extends AsyncTask<String, String, String> {
#Override
protected String doInBackground(String... urls) {
HttpURLConnection connection = null;
BufferedReader reader = null;
try {
//http://kusber-web.de/JsonTest.txt
//http://nilsbenning.selfhost.me/PatientFinder.php?beacon_comID=5181f8a3-7354-46ac-b22d-952ec395ab06&beacon_major=12&beacon_minor=249
URL url = new URL(urls[0]);
connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
connection.connect();
InputStream stream = connection.getInputStream();
reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(stream));
StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
String line;
while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
buffer.append(line);
}
return buffer.toString();
} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
if (connection != null) {
connection.disconnect();
}
try {
if (reader != null) {
reader.close();
}
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
return null;
}
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(String result) {
super.onPostExecute(result);
output.setText(result);
}
}
What is my mistake? Why I can't access to it? I saw it as a solution here but didn't get it to work:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/12252717/5743912
Hope you can help me now! :)

You probably want to fix this (remove leading slashes):
new JSONTask().execute("//http://kusber-web.de/JsonTest.txt");
In your JSONTask you can reference members of Patienten by using Patienten.this. So in onPostExecute you should change this:
output.setText(result);
to:
Patienten.this.output.setText(result);