Android- create JSON Array and JSON Object

Question

How can I create a JSON with this format in Android: Since the API that I will be passing will parse JsonArray then the object. Or would it be okay if just to pass a json object? Since I will just have to insert 1 transaction per service call.

{
    "student": [
        {
            "id": 1,
            "name": "John Doe",
            "year": "1st",
            "curriculum": "Arts",
            "birthday": 3/3/1995
        },
        {
            "id": 2,
            "name": "Michael West",
            "year": "2nd",
            "curriculum": "Economic",
            "birthday": 4/4/1994
        }
    ]
}

What I know is only the JSONObject. Like this one.

JSONObject obj = new JSONObject();
try {
    obj.put("id", "3");
    obj.put("name", "NAME OF STUDENT");
    obj.put("year", "3rd");
    obj.put("curriculum", "Arts");
    obj.put("birthday", "5/5/1993");
} catch (JSONException e) {
    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
    e.printStackTrace();
}

Any ideas. Thanks

Answer 1

Have been struggling with this till I found out the answer:

1. Use GSON library:

   Gson gson = Gson();
   String str_json = gson.tojson(jsonArray);`
   

2. Pass the json array. This will be auto stringfied. This option worked perfectly for me.