Giới thiệu
Ví dụ này minh họa cách đọc file JSON từ thư mục assets, parse JSONObject/JSONArray và hiển thị danh sách dữ liệu trong RecyclerView với CardView.
Các bước thực hiện
Bước 1: Tạo dự án mới
Mở Android Studio, chọn File → New Project và điền thông tin cần thiết.
Bước 2: Cấu hình Gradle (build.gradle)
dependencies {
implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:28.0.0'
implementation 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.1.3'
implementation 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:28.0.0'
implementation 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:28.0.0'
testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test:runner:1.0.2'
androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.0.2'
}
Bước 3: Layout chính (activity_main.xml)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="https://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="https://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="https://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
android:id="@+id/recyclerView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
</RelativeLayout>
Bước 4: Layout item (rowlayout_main.xml)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v7.widget.CardView xmlns:android="https://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:card_view="https://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="@+id/cardView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="10dp">
<TextView
android:id="@+id/tvName"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Name"
android:textColor="#000"
android:textSize="20sp" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/tvEmail"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="email@email.com"
android:textColor="#000"
android:textSize="15sp" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/tvMobile"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="0999999999"
android:textColor="#000"
android:textSize="15sp" />
</LinearLayout>
</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>
Bước 5: File JSON (assets/users_list.json)
{
"users": [
{
"name": "Nguyễn Văn A",
"email": "nguyenvana@example.com",
"contact": { "mobile": "0901234567" }
},
{
"name": "Trần Thị B",
"email": "tranthib@example.com",
"contact": { "mobile": "0912345678" }
}
]
}
Bước 6: MainActivity.java - Parse JSON
package com.example.sample;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager;
import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
import android.util.Log;
import org.json.JSONArray;
import org.json.JSONException;
import org.json.JSONObject;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.ArrayList;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
ArrayList<String> personNames = new ArrayList<>();
ArrayList<String> emailIds = new ArrayList<>();
ArrayList<String> mobileNumbers = new ArrayList<>();
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
RecyclerView recyclerView = findViewById(R.id.recyclerView);
LinearLayoutManager linearLayoutManager = new LinearLayoutManager(getApplicationContext());
recyclerView.setLayoutManager(linearLayoutManager);
try {
JSONObject obj = new JSONObject(loadJSONFromAsset());
JSONArray userArray = obj.getJSONArray("users");
for (int i = 0; i < userArray.length(); i++) {
JSONObject userDetail = userArray.getJSONObject(i);
personNames.add(userDetail.getString("name"));
emailIds.add(userDetail.getString("email"));
JSONObject contact = userDetail.getJSONObject("contact");
mobileNumbers.add(contact.getString("mobile"));
}
} catch (JSONException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
CustomAdapter customAdapter = new CustomAdapter(MainActivity.this, personNames, emailIds, mobileNumbers);
recyclerView.setAdapter(customAdapter);
}
public String loadJSONFromAsset() {
String json = null;
try {
InputStream is = getAssets().open("users_list.json");
int size = is.available();
byte[] buffer = new byte[size];
is.read(buffer);
is.close();
json = new String(buffer, "UTF-8");
} catch (IOException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
return null;
}
return json;
}
}
Bước 7: CustomAdapter.java
package com.example.sample;
import android.content.Context;
import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;
import java.util.ArrayList;
public class CustomAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<CustomAdapter.MyViewHolder> {
ArrayList<String> personNames, emailIds, mobileNumbers;
Context context;
public CustomAdapter(Context context, ArrayList<String> personNames, ArrayList<String> emailIds, ArrayList<String> mobileNumbers) {
this.context = context;
this.personNames = personNames;
this.emailIds = emailIds;
this.mobileNumbers = mobileNumbers;
}
@Override
public MyViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
View v = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.rowlayout, parent, false);
return new MyViewHolder(v);
}
@Override
public void onBindViewHolder(MyViewHolder holder, final int position) {
holder.name.setText(personNames.get(position));
holder.email.setText(emailIds.get(position));
holder.mobileNo.setText(mobileNumbers.get(position));
holder.itemView.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View view) {
Toast.makeText(context, personNames.get(position), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
});
}
@Override
public int getItemCount() {
return personNames.size();
}
public class MyViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
TextView name, email, mobileNo;
public MyViewHolder(View itemView) {
super(itemView);
name = itemView.findViewById(R.id.tvName);
email = itemView.findViewById(R.id.tvEmail);
mobileNo = itemView.findViewById(R.id.tvMobile);
}
}
}
Bước 8: Manifest (AndroidManifest.xml)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="https://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.example.sample">
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
<activity android:name=".MainActivity">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
Chạy ứng dụng
Kết nối thiết bị, nhấn Run. Danh sách user từ JSON sẽ hiển thị trong RecyclerView.

Thực tế: Nên dùng thư viện Gson hoặc Moshi để parse JSON tự động thành object (POJO), giảm code boilerplate và ít lỗi hơn.