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Is there a way to convert JSON Array to normal Java Array for android ListView data binding?

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ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();     
JSONArray jsonArray = (JSONArray)jsonObject; 
if (jsonArray != null) { 
   int len = jsonArray.length();
   for (int i=0;i<len;i++){ 
    list.add(jsonArray.get(i).toString());
   } 
}
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for loop is missing the closing parenthesis... tried editing but it's not enough characters to pass approval. oh well! just an FYI. – Matt K Sep 21 '11 at 17:09
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If you don't already have a JSONArray object, call

JSONArray jsonArray = new JSONArray(jsonArrayString);

Then simply loop through that, building your own array. This code assumes it's an array of strings, it shouldn't be hard to modify to suit your particular array structure.

List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
for (int i=0; i<jsonArray.length(); i++) {
    list.add( jsonArray.getString(i) );
}
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.size() should be .length() – vaskin Nov 11 '10 at 15:25
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Sorry, you're right - I'm confusing Lists with JSONArrays :) It is indeed JSONArray.length(). – Nick Nov 13 '10 at 15:03
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Maybe it's only a workaround (not very efficient) but you could do something like this:

String[] resultingArray = yourJSONarray.join(",").split(",");

Obviously you can change the ',' separator with anything you like (I had a JSONArray of email addresses)

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Note that you must be absolutely sure that the data doesn't contain your separator char, otherwise you'll end up with corrupt data. – Artemix Nov 22 '12 at 10:03
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How about using java.util.Arrays?

List<String> list = Arrays.asList((String[])jsonArray.toArray())
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Brackets don't match and this doesn't work for me. – Anonymous Apr 29 '12 at 22:27
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I don't see a toArray() method in the JSONArray() docs. json.org/javadoc/org/json/JSONArray.html This question probably wouldn't have been asked if there was a simple toArray(). – javajavajavajavajava Sep 5 '12 at 19:01

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