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

In my case the problem occured from php file. It gave unwanted characters.That is why a json parsing problem occured.

Then I paste my php code in Notepad++ and select Encode in utf-8 without BOM from Encoding tab and running this code-

My problem gone away.