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JSON Parsing in Android using Volley Library

Last Updated : 23 Jul, 2025

JSON is also known as (JavaScript Object Notation) is a format to exchange the data from the server. The data stored in JSON format is lightweight and easy to handle. With the help of JSON, we can access the data in the form of JsonArray, JsonObject, and JsonStringer. In this article, we will specifically take a look at the implementation of JsonObject using Volley in Android. 

JSON Object: Json Object can be easily identified with "{" braces opening and "}" braces closing. We can fetch data from JSON objects with their key value. From that key, we can access the value of that key.  

What we are going to build in this article? 

We will be building a simple application in which we will be displaying a simple CardView in which we will display a single course that is available on Geeks for Geeks. A sample video is given below to get an idea about what we are going to do in this article. Note that we are going to implement this project using the Java language. 

Below is the JSON object from which we will be displaying the data in our Android App. 

{

  "courseName":"Fork CPP",

  "courseimg":"https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/img-practice/banner/fork-cpp-thumbnail.png",

  "courseMode":"Online Batch",

  "courseTracks":"6 Tracks"

}

Step by Step Implementation

Step 1: Create a New Project

To create a new project in Android Studio please refer to How to Create/Start a New Project in Android Studio. Note that select Java as the programming language.

Step 2: Add the below dependency in your build.gradle file

Below is the dependency for Volley which we will be using to get the data from API. For adding this dependency navigate to the app > Gradle Scripts > build.gradle(app) and add the below dependency in the dependencies section. We have used the Picasso dependency for image loading from the URL.   

// below line is used for volley library

implementation 'com.android.volley:volley:1.1.1'

// below line is used for image loading library

implementation 'com.squareup.picasso:picasso:2.71828'

After adding this dependency sync your project and now move towards the AndroidManifest.xml part.  

Step 3: Adding permissions to the internet in the AndroidManifest.xml file

Navigate to the app > AndroidManifest.xml and add the below code to it. 

Step 4: Working with the activity_main.xml file

Navigate to the app > res > layout > activity_main.xml and add the below code to that file. Below is the code for the activity_main.xml file. 

Step 5: Working with the MainActivity.java file

Go to the MainActivity.java file and refer to the following code. Below is the code for the MainActivity.java file. Comments are added inside the code to understand the code in more detail.

Now run your app and see the output of the app. 

Output:

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