org.json.JSONException: Unterminated object at character 14

Question

The error message I got is:

org.json.JSONException: Unterminated object at character 14 of {address: yo test}

I think that I should escape the string, but in vain after trying all the method on StackOverflow.
Here is my code, thanks a lot for any help:

// src/Activity.java
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.main);

    try{
        String str = getString(R.string.data);
        JSONObject jsonObj = new JSONObject(str);
    }
    catch(Exception e){
        Log.d("iLoveDrinkActivity", e.toString());
        // org.json.JSONException: Unterminated object at character 14 of {address: yo test}
    }
}

And...

// res/strings.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <string name="data">{"address": "yo test"}</string>
</resources>

If the "address" is something else like "test" or "yo" or "123", everything works fine. Thanks again!!

It looks like you just have an unescaped string. What happened when you tried to escape it/how did you try to escape it? — Matt Fenwick, Nov 26 '11 at 13:54
I have tried "java.net.URLEncoder.encode(queryStr, "UTF-8");", "TextUtils.htmlEncode(queryStr);", and <![CDATA[str]]>, but got the same result. In fact, I am not sure what should I do to escape the string. — iForests, Nov 26 '11 at 14:15

score 14 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:02

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The only solution I can find (Android: Json string with spaces gives "Unterminated object at" exception) is to replace the quotes in your json with escaped quotes

<string name="data">{"address": \"yo test\"}</string>

Annoying though. Wonder if there's a better solution.

EDIT:

After a little more digging it looks like the culprit is the getString method which claims to

Return the string value associated with a particular resource ID. It will be stripped of any styled text information.

The stripping of styled text occurs in native code so I cannot see why it throws out the quotes, but looks like it does.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:02

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answered Nov 26 '11 at 14:20

I82Much

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String.valueOf(getText(R.string.data)) does not work, either. Thanks anyway! – iForests Nov 26 '11 at 15:55
That's because getString calls getText, which in turn eventually calls the native method that strips out the quotes – I82Much Nov 27 '11 at 03:02

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 20 '19 at 22:43

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Not directly related to the question, but I got this error when it was trying to parse malformed json. I was missing a comma between two properties. (Using gson)

answered Sep 20 '19 at 22:43

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 12 '22 at 12:26

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I experienced a similar problem.

Below is a request with an error.

https://.../getInfo?...&DATA=[{...,KEY="2500000001”}]

Can you notice that?

Special symbol ” were included.

answered Jan 12 '22 at 12:26

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 26 '11 at 14:20

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Use

<string name="data">{"address": \"yo test\"}</string>

Otherwise json parser will process the string {address: yo test}, that is not a valid json string, while {address: "yo test"} is.

answered Nov 26 '11 at 14:20

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Yes, it works. But what can I do if I cannot change the data in strings.xml? Thanks. – iForests Nov 26 '11 at 14:23
@Rainbowbreeze how can change this dynamically from code – gandhi Jan 16 '15 at 09:53
in my fcm response "url"=http://fdssafas when i hit send message in my FirebaseMessageService onMessageRecived with Exception: Unterminated object at character 36 of..please help me – Harsha Nov 23 '16 at 06:36

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