JSONException: Value of type java.lang.String cannot be converted to JSONObject

Question

I have a JSON file with 2 JSON-Arrays in it: One Array for routes and one Array for sights.

A route should consist of several sights where the user gets navigated to

Answer 1

This worked for me

json = json.replace("\\\"","'");
JSONObject jo = new JSONObject(json.substring(1,json.length()-1));