I’m facing that problem when trying to retrieving data from database:
Error parsing data org.json.JSONException: Value <!DOCTYPE of type java.lang.String cannot be converted to JSONObject
public class AllProductsActivity extends ListActivity {
// Progress Dialog
private ProgressDialog pDialog;
// Creating JSON Parser object
JSONParser jParser = new JSONParser();
ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>> productsList;
// url to get all products list
private static String url_all_products = "http://192.168.1.3/android_connect/get_all_products.php";
// JSON Node names
private static final String TAG_SUCCESS = "success";
private static final String TAG_PRODUCTS = "products";
private static final String TAG_PID = "pid";
private static final String TAG_NAME = "name";
// products JSONArray
JSONArray products = null;
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.all_products);
// Hashmap for ListView
productsList = new ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>>();
// Loading products in Background Thread
new LoadAllProducts().execute();
// Get listview
ListView lv = getListView();
// on seleting single product
// launching Edit Product Screen
lv.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
@Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view,
int position, long id) {
// getting values from selected ListItem
String pid = ((TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.pid)).getText()
.toString();
// Starting new intent
Intent in = new Intent(getApplicationContext(),
EditProductActivity.class);
// sending pid to next activity
in.putExtra(TAG_PID, pid);
// starting new activity and expecting some response back
startActivityForResult(in, 100);
}
});
}
// Response from Edit Product Activity
@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
// if result code 100
if (resultCode == 100) {
// if result code 100 is received
// means user edited/deleted product
// reload this screen again
Intent intent = getIntent();
finish();
startActivity(intent);
}
}
/**
* Background Async Task to Load all product by making HTTP Request
* */
class LoadAllProducts extends AsyncTask<String, String, String> {
/**
* Before starting background thread Show Progress Dialog
* */
@Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
super.onPreExecute();
pDialog = new ProgressDialog(AllProductsActivity.this);
pDialog.setMessage("Loading products. Please wait...");
pDialog.setIndeterminate(false);
pDialog.setCancelable(false);
pDialog.show();
}
/**
* getting All products from url
* */
protected String doInBackground(String... args) {
// Building Parameters
List<NameValuePair> params = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
// getting JSON string from URL
JSONObject json = jParser.makeHttpRequest(url_all_products, "GET", params);
// Check your log cat for JSON reponse
Log.d("All Products: ", json.toString());
try {
// Checking for SUCCESS TAG
int success = json.getInt(TAG_SUCCESS);
if (success == 1) {
// products found
// Getting Array of Products
products = json.getJSONArray(TAG_PRODUCTS);
// looping through All Products
for (int i = 0; i < products.length(); i++) {
JSONObject c = products.getJSONObject(i);
// Storing each json item in variable
String id = c.getString(TAG_PID);
String name = c.getString(TAG_NAME);
// creating new HashMap
HashMap<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();
// adding each child node to HashMap key => value
map.put(TAG_PID, id);
map.put(TAG_NAME, name);
// adding HashList to ArrayList
productsList.add(map);
}
} else {
// no products found
// Launch Add New product Activity
Intent i = new Intent(getApplicationContext(),
NewProductActivity.class);
// Closing all previous activities
i.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
startActivity(i);
}
} catch (JSONException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}
/**
* After completing background task Dismiss the progress dialog
* **/
protected void onPostExecute(String file_url) {
// dismiss the dialog after getting all products
pDialog.dismiss();
// updating UI from Background Thread
runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
/**
* Updating parsed JSON data into ListView
* */
ListAdapter adapter = new SimpleAdapter(
AllProductsActivity.this, productsList,
R.layout.list_item, new String[] { TAG_PID,
TAG_NAME},
new int[] { R.id.pid, R.id.name });
// updating listview
setListAdapter(adapter);
}
});
}
}
}
The problem is excatly triggering when executing that line:
// getting JSON string from URL
JSONObject json = jParser.makeHttpRequest(url_all_products, "GET", params);
What’s going on with that code? I think that i’m not coding something wrong.
Any help please?
PHP FILE:
<?php header('content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8');
/*
* Following code will list all the products
*/
// array for JSON response
$response = array();
// include db connect class
require_once __DIR__ . '/db_connect.php';
// connecting to db
$db = new DB_CONNECT();
// get all products from products table
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM products") or die(mysql_error());
// check for empty result
if (mysql_num_rows($result) > 0) {
// looping through all results
// products node
$response["products"] = array();
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
// temp user array
$product = array();
$product["pid"] = $row["pid"];
$product["name"] = $row["name"];
$product["price"] = $row["price"];
$product["description"] = $row["description"];
$product["created_at"] = $row["created_at"];
$product["updated_at"] = $row["updated_at"];
// push single product into final response array
array_push($response["products"], $product);
}
// success
$response["success"] = 1;
// echoing JSON response
echo json_encode($response);
} else {
// no products found
$response["success"] = 0;
$response["message"] = "No products found";
// echo no users JSON
echo json_encode($response);
}
?>
Instead of mashalling and unmarshalling your objects by yourself, check the Gson Library, developed by Google.
http://code.google.com/p/google-gson/
Library Usage: https://sites.google.com/site/gson/gson-user-guide
Hope it helps.