April 2023
Intermediate
26m
English
on-demand course
Working with JSON in Android Studio: Download and List JSON Data in ListView in Android
with Tihomir Radev
Closed Captioning available in English
Overview
Working with JSON in Android is one of the most useful skills for a developer. This is used on a daily basis in all kinds of apps. Displaying online data in an app is an essential part of the Android ecosystem.
This video course will teach you how to download JSON data from an online location into the Android app. For example a list of contacts with email addresses, phone numbers, names, and other relevant information. Then you’ll learn how to format the data properly and list it in a TableView to be more user friendly to read by the user of the app.
What You'll Learn
- How to download text from a server
- How to properly format JSON data
- How to build a custom ListView with custom rows How to place everything in the layout
- How to populate the ListView with the formatted JSON data represented by a List of custom items
Who This Video Is For
People with more advanced skills in Android Studio and Java are targeted, but the video will also be useful for total beginners.
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