Android: Json string with spaces gives "Unterminated object at" exception

Question

Whenever I have a Json string object with a space in it I get the following error.

Java:

String jString = getResources().getString(R.string.event);
JSONObject object = new JSONObject(jString);

Json:

<resources>
    <string name="event">
        {"Array":[{"Name":"One two three"},{"Name":"Two"},{"Name":"Three"}]}
    </string>
</resources>

I am get the following message:

09-06 22:35:08.214: WARN/System.err(1079): org.json.JSONException: Unterminated object at character 21 of {Array:[{Name:One two three},{Name:Two},{Name:Three}]}

This doesn't have any issues:

<resources>
    <string name="event">
        {"Array":[{"Name":"One"},{"Name":"Two"},{"Name":"Three"}]}
    </string>
</resources>

Am I quoting something wrong?

EDIT: Reading through my own post I noticed that the error message doesn't have any quotes around the string object values. So I changed the " to \" in the xml string and it worked fine. Any idea how to have it not remove any quotes?

remove spaces and check once array name one

Harsha
– Harsha

2016-11-23 11:37:56 +00:00
Commented Nov 23, 2016 at 11:37 — Harsha
– Harsha, Commented Nov 23, 2016 at 11:37

Andrew Boes · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-22 20:24:15Z

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Reading through my own post I noticed that the error message doesn't have any quotes around the string object values. So I changed the " to \" in the xml string and it worked fine.

answered Mar 22, 2012 at 20:24

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Femi · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-06 22:58:22Z

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Try wrapping it in a CDATA block. This should prevent any confusion.

<resources>
    <string name="event"><![CDATA[
        {"Array":[{"Name":"One two three"},{"Name":"Two"},{"Name":"Three"}]}
    ]]></string>
</resources>

answered Sep 6, 2011 at 22:58

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user1252170 · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-02 00:57:12Z

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Space in the JSON creates this issue . TRY following json {"Array":[{"Name":"One-two-three"},{"Name":"Two"},{"Name":"Three"}]}

answered May 2, 2019 at 0:57

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