 <p>its because the json you are using is not valid. and the parsing you are doing is not valid too</p> <p>here is a good link to start off with android json parsing</p> <p><a href="http://www.androidhive.info/2012/01/android-json-parsing-tutorial/" rel="nofollow">http://www.androidhive.info/2012/01/android-json-parsing-tutorial/</a></p>