Consuming a JSON response in Android
Widely hailed as the successor to XML in the browser, JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) aspires to be nothing more than a simple and elegant data format for the exchange of information. JSON's basic types are:
* Number (integer, real or floating point)
* String (double-quoted Unicode with backslash escaping)
* Boolean (true and false)
* Array (an ordered sequence of values, comma-separated and enclosed in square brackets)
* Object (collection of key: value pairs, comma-separated and enclosed in curly braces)
* null This article gives an insight about how to use JSON as a data interchange format, provided with the URL of a Restful Service which returns a JSON response. Advantages of JSON * Simpler than XML because it is not a markup language and a natural representation of data
* JSON is better data exchange format; XML is a better document exchange format
* JSON is easier to read for machines with no/thin client-side library
* JSON is a natural fit...