JSONException: java.lang.String cannot be converted to JSONObject

Question

I know this question has been asked a number of times but I didn't find any relative answer of my question.

I am trying to read json data from asset folder, but I'm getting following exception while getting

I searched number of stuffs but didn't help. Please give me any reference or hint.
Thanks in Advance.

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 26 '12 at 14:21

Use

   String searchedTerm = jsonObject.getString(TAG_SEARCHEDTERM);
   JSONArray results = jsonObject.getJSONArray(TAG_RESULTS);

instead of

  JSONObject searchedTerm = jsonObject.getJSONObject(TAG_SEARCHEDTERM);
  JSONArray results = searchedTerm.getJSONArray(TAG_RESULTS);

because TAG_SEARCHEDTERM is key-value pair instead of JSONObject and you are trying to cast a String value to JsonObject.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 26 '12 at 14:23

I guess you need to get the Dish Name where you are getting exception. You can get the dish name shown below...

String searchedTerm = jsonObject.getString(TAG_SEARCHEDTERM);

Using this

JSONArray results = jsonObject.getJSONArray(TAG_RESULTS);

you will get the "results" JSONArray as shown in your json file.

and you can iterate through it using for loop.

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