How to display information in a ListView after parsing the JSON response from a Web server
In this example our goal is to make a Web Request, basically a HTTP POST, as soon as the activity starts on another thread using AsyncTask and then wait for the response. The response is a JSON formatted MySQL data from a Java Servlet that provides us with a array of countries with some additional information. We then parse the JSON data and with the help custom ArrayAdapter display on our List.
Source for Activity - AndroidListViewJSONActivity.java
package com.as400samplecode;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.HttpStatus;
import org.apache.http.NameValuePair;
import org.apache.http.StatusLine;
import org.apache.http.client.ClientProtocolException;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.entity.UrlEncodedFormEntity;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
import org.apache.http.conn.params.ConnManagerParams;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
import org.apache.http.message.BasicNameValuePair;
import org.apache.http.params.HttpConnectionParams;
import org.apache.http.params.HttpParams;
import org.json.JSONArray;
import org.json.JSONException;
import org.json.JSONObject;
import com.google.gson.Gson;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.ProgressDialog;
import android.content.Context;
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.Gravity;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;
import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemClickListener;
public class AndroidListViewJSONActivity extends Activity {
ArrayList<Country> countryList;
MyCustomAdapter dataAdapter = null;
int start = 0;
int limit = 9999;
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
String url = "http://10.0.2.2:8080/CountryWebService" + "/CountryServlet";
grabURL(url);
}
public void grabURL(String url) {
Log.v("Android Spinner JSON Data Activity", url);
new GrabURL().execute(url);
}
private class GrabURL extends AsyncTask<String, Void, String> {
private static final int REGISTRATION_TIMEOUT = 3 * 1000;
private static final int WAIT_TIMEOUT = 30 * 1000;
private final HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
final HttpParams params = httpclient.getParams();
HttpResponse response;
private String content = null;
private boolean error = false;
private ProgressDialog dialog =
new ProgressDialog(AndroidListViewJSONActivity.this);
protected void onPreExecute() {
dialog.setMessage("Getting your data... Please wait...");
dialog.show();
}
protected String doInBackground(String... urls) {
String URL = null;
try {
URL = urls[0];
HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(params, REGISTRATION_TIMEOUT);
HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout(params, WAIT_TIMEOUT);
ConnManagerParams.setTimeout(params, WAIT_TIMEOUT);
HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(URL);
//add name value pair for the country code
List<NameValuePair> nameValuePairs = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>(2);
nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("start",String.valueOf(start)));
nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("limit",String.valueOf(limit)));
httpPost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(nameValuePairs));
response = httpclient.execute(httpPost);
StatusLine statusLine = response.getStatusLine();
if(statusLine.getStatusCode() == HttpStatus.SC_OK){
ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
response.getEntity().writeTo(out);
out.close();
content = out.toString();
} else{
//Closes the connection.
Log.w("HTTP1:",statusLine.getReasonPhrase());
response.getEntity().getContent().close();
throw new IOException(statusLine.getReasonPhrase());
}
} catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
Log.w("HTTP2:",e );
content = e.getMessage();
error = true;
cancel(true);
} catch (IOException e) {
Log.w("HTTP3:",e );
content = e.getMessage();
error = true;
cancel(true);
}catch (Exception e) {
Log.w("HTTP4:",e );
content = e.getMessage();
error = true;
cancel(true);
}
return content;
}
protected void onCancelled() {
dialog.dismiss();
Toast toast = Toast.makeText(AndroidListViewJSONActivity.this,
"Error connecting to Server", Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
toast.setGravity(Gravity.TOP, 25, 400);
toast.show();
}
protected void onPostExecute(String content) {
dialog.dismiss();
Toast toast;
if (error) {
toast = Toast.makeText(AndroidListViewJSONActivity.this,
content, Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
toast.setGravity(Gravity.TOP, 25, 400);
toast.show();
} else {
displayCountryList(content);
}
}
}
private void displayCountryList(String response){
JSONObject responseObj = null;
try {
Gson gson = new Gson();
responseObj = new JSONObject(response);
JSONArray countryListObj = responseObj.getJSONArray("countryList");
countryList = new ArrayList<Country>();
for (int i=0; i<countryListObj.length(); i++){
//get the country information JSON object
String countryInfo = countryListObj.getJSONObject(i).toString();
//create java object from the JSON object
Country country = gson.fromJson(countryInfo, Country.class);
//add to country array list
countryList.add(country);
}
//create an ArrayAdaptar from the String Array
dataAdapter = new MyCustomAdapter(this,
R.layout.country_info, countryList);
ListView listView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listView1);
// Assign adapter to ListView
listView.setAdapter(dataAdapter);
//enables filtering for the contents of the given ListView
listView.setTextFilterEnabled(true);
listView.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view,
int position, long id) {
// When clicked, show a toast with the TextView text
Country country = (Country) parent.getItemAtPosition(position);
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
country.getCode(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
});
} catch (JSONException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
private class MyCustomAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<Country> {
private ArrayList<Country> countryList;
public MyCustomAdapter(Context context, int textViewResourceId,
ArrayList<Country> countryList) {
super(context, textViewResourceId, countryList);
this.countryList = new ArrayList<Country>();
this.countryList.addAll(countryList);
}
private class ViewHolder {
TextView code;
TextView name;
TextView continent;
TextView region;
}
@Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
ViewHolder holder = null;
Log.v("ConvertView", String.valueOf(position));
if (convertView == null) {
LayoutInflater vi = (LayoutInflater)getSystemService(
Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
convertView = vi.inflate(R.layout.country_info, null);
holder = new ViewHolder();
holder.code = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.code);
holder.name = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.name);
holder.continent = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.continent);
holder.region = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.region);
convertView.setTag(holder);
} else {
holder = (ViewHolder) convertView.getTag();
}
Country country = countryList.get(position);
holder.code.setText(country.getCode());
holder.name.setText(country.getName());
holder.continent.setText(country.getContinent());
holder.region.setText(country.getRegion());
return convertView;
}
}
}
Source for POJO - Country.java
package com.as400samplecode;
public class Country {
String code = null;
String name = null;
String continent = null;
String region = null;
Double lifeExpectancy = null;
Double gnp = null;
Double surfaceArea = null;
int population = 0;
public String getCode() {
return code;
}
public void setCode(String code) {
this.code = code;
}
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
public String getContinent() {
return continent;
}
public void setContinent(String continent) {
this.continent = continent;
}
public String getRegion() {
return region;
}
public void setRegion(String region) {
this.region = region;
}
public Double getLifeExpectancy() {
return lifeExpectancy;
}
public void setLifeExpectancy(Double lifeExpectancy) {
this.lifeExpectancy = lifeExpectancy;
}
public Double getGnp() {
return gnp;
}
public void setGnp(Double gnp) {
this.gnp = gnp;
}
public Double getSurfaceArea() {
return surfaceArea;
}
public void setSurfaceArea(Double surfaceArea) {
this.surfaceArea = surfaceArea;
}
public int getPopulation() {
return population;
}
public void setPopulation(int population) {
this.population = population;
}
}
Source for Main Screen Layout - main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<TextView android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:padding="10dp"
android:text="@string/some_text" android:textSize="20sp" />
<ListView android:id="@+id/listView1" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" />
</LinearLayout>
Source for List Layout - country_info.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="6dip" >
<TextView
android:id="@+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:text="Code: "
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/textView2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/textView1"
android:layout_below="@+id/textView1"
android:text="Name: "
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/textView3"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/textView2"
android:layout_below="@+id/textView2"
android:text="Continent: "
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/textView4"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/textView3"
android:layout_below="@+id/textView3"
android:text="Region: "
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/continent"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignBaseline="@+id/textView3"
android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/textView3"
android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/textView3"
android:text="TextView" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/region"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignBaseline="@+id/textView4"
android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/textView4"
android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/continent"
android:text="TextView" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/name"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_above="@+id/textView3"
android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/textView3"
android:text="TextView" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/code"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_above="@+id/textView2"
android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/name"
android:text="TextView" />
</RelativeLayout>
Source for application variables - strings.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<string name="app_name">ListView JSON Web Data</string>
<string name="some_text">
Some North American Countries!
</string>
</resources>
Source for application manifest - AndroidManifest.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.as400samplecode" android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0">
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="15" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<application android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name" android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Light">
<activity android:name=".AndroidListViewJSONActivity"
android:label="@string/app_name">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
Source for Java Servlet - CountryServlet.java
package com.as400samplecode;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import com.as400samplecode.util.Country;
import com.as400samplecode.util.CountryInformation;
import com.google.gson.Gson;
import com.google.gson.JsonArray;
import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
public class CountryServlet extends HttpServlet {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
public CountryServlet() {
super();
}
protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
throws ServletException, IOException {
doPost(request,response);
}
protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
throws ServletException, IOException {
String start = request.getParameter("start");
String limit = request.getParameter("limit");
PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
response.setContentType("text/html");
response.setHeader("Cache-control", "no-cache, no-store");
response.setHeader("Pragma", "no-cache");
response.setHeader("Expires", "-1");
response.setHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*");
response.setHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Methods", "GET,POST");
response.setHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "Content-Type");
response.setHeader("Access-Control-Max-Age", "86400");
//get list of countries
CountryInformation countryInformation = new CountryInformation();
ArrayList<Country> countryList = countryInformation.getList(start, limit);
Gson gson = new Gson();
JsonArray arrayObj=new JsonArray();
for(int i=0;i<countryList.size();i++){
Country country = countryList.get(i);
JsonElement countryObj = gson.toJsonTree(country);
arrayObj.add(countryObj);
}
//create a new JSON object
JsonObject myObj = new JsonObject();
//add property as success
myObj.addProperty("success", true);
//add the countryList object
myObj.add("countryList", arrayObj);
//convert the JSON to string and send back
out.println(myObj.toString());
out.close();
}
}
Source for database utility functions - CountryInformation.java
package com.as400samplecode.util;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import javax.naming.Context;
import javax.naming.InitialContext;
import javax.sql.DataSource;
public class CountryInformation {
Connection conn = null;
PreparedStatement stmt = null;
String sql = null;
public ArrayList<Country> getList(String start, String limit) {
ArrayList<Country> countryList = new ArrayList<Country>();
try {
Context ctx = (Context) new InitialContext().lookup("java:comp/env");
conn = ((DataSource) ctx.lookup("jdbc/mysql")).getConnection();
sql = "Select * from COUNTRY order by name,code LIMIT ?,?";
stmt = conn.prepareStatement(sql);
stmt.setInt(1,Integer.parseInt(start));
stmt.setInt(2,Integer.parseInt(limit));
ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery();
while(rs.next()){
Country country = new Country();
country.setCode(rs.getString("code").trim());
country.setName(rs.getString("name").trim());
country.setContinent(rs.getString("continent").trim());
country.setRegion(rs.getString("region").trim());
country.setLifeExpectancy(rs.getString("lifeExpectancy") ==
null ? new Double(0) :
Double.parseDouble(rs.getString("lifeExpectancy")
.trim()));
country.setGnp(rs.getString("gnp") == null ? new Double(0) :
Double.parseDouble(rs.getString("gnp").trim()));
country.setSurfaceArea(rs.getString("surfaceArea") ==
null ? new Double(0) :
Double.parseDouble(rs.getString("surfaceArea").trim()));
country.setPopulation(rs.getString("population") == null ? 0 :
Integer.parseInt(rs.getString("population").trim()));
countryList.add(country);
}
rs.close();
stmt.close();
stmt = null;
conn.close();
conn = null;
}
catch(Exception e){System.out.println(e);}
finally {
/*
* close any jdbc instances here that weren't
* explicitly closed during normal code path, so
* that we don't 'leak' resources...
*/
if (stmt != null) {
try {
stmt.close();
} catch (SQLException sqlex) {
// ignore -- as we can't do anything about it here
}
stmt = null;
}
if (conn != null) {
try {
conn.close();
} catch (SQLException sqlex) {
// ignore -- as we can't do anything about it here
}
conn = null;
}
}
return countryList;
}
}
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