title: JSONArray cannot be converted to JSONObject given a string
body: <p>I'm having issues with a JSON request. I'm attempting to read an API and parse it with this code (below). I already have the Async working (so far) once I get this I should be set. The error i'm getting is below in the logs.</p>
  
  <pre><code>import java.io.BufferedReader;
  import java.io.InputStream;
  import java.io.InputStreamReader;
  import java.net.URL;
  import java.net.URLConnection;
  
  import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
  import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
  import org.apache.http.StatusLine;
  import org.apache.http.client.ClientProtocolException;
  import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
  import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
  import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
  import org.json.JSONArray;
  import org.json.JSONException;
  import org.json.JSONObject;
  import android.util.Log;
  
  
  public class jsonParser {
  
      //initialize
      static InputStream stream = null;
      static String result = " ";
      static JSONObject object =null;
  
      public jsonParser(){
  
      }
  
      public JSONObject getJSONfromURL (String url){
          //HTTP call
          try{
              URLConnection connection = new URL(url).openConnection();
  
              BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream()), 2048 * 16);
              StringBuffer builder = new StringBuffer();
              String line;
  
              while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
                builder.append(line).append("\n");
              }
              String blah = builder.toString();
              JSONObject jsonObj = new JSONObject(new String(blah));
              JSONArray data = jsonObj.getJSONArray("Categories");
  
              for(int i=0; i &lt; data.length(); i++)
              {
                   object = data.getJSONObject(i);
                   String id = object.getString("id"); 
                   String value = object.getString("name"); 
                   Log.d("Item name: ", value);
              }
  
  
  
  
              } catch(Exception e){
                  Log.e("Http Error","Error in http connection " + e.toString());
  
              }
  
  
          return object;
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Error Logs below</p>
  
  <pre><code>05-12 02:49:44.553: E/Http Error(19288): Error in http connection org.json.JSONException: Value ["Categories",[[{"id":"2","name":"Glass Repair"},{"id":"3","name":"Appliance Repair"},{"id":"4","name":"Air Conditioning"},{"id":"5","name":"Community Involvement"},{"id":"6","name":"Electrical"},{"id":"7","name":"Flooring"},{"id":"8","name":"Heating Repair"},{"id":"9","name":"Landscaping"},{"id":"10","name":"Plumbing"},{"id":"11","name":"Remodeling\/Renovation"},{"id":"12","name":"Window Coverings"}]]] of type org.json.JSONArray cannot be converted to JSONObject
  05-12 02:49:44.553: W/dalvikvm(19288): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x40fb6438)
  05-12 02:49:44.563: E/AndroidRuntime(19288): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
  05-12 02:49:44.563: E/AndroidRuntime(19288): java.lang.NullPointerException
  05-12 02:49:44.563: E/AndroidRuntime(19288):    at com.example.hstnc_activity.DisplayServiceActivity$Request.onPostExecute(DisplayServiceActivity.java:116)
  05-12 02:49:44.563: E/AndroidRuntime(19288):    at com.example.hstnc_activity.DisplayServiceActivity$Request.onPostExecute(DisplayServiceActivity.java:1)
  05-12 02:49:44.563: E/AndroidRuntime(19288):    at android.os.AsyncTask.finish(AsyncTask.java:631)
  05-12 02:49:44.563: E/AndroidRuntime(19288):    at android.os.AsyncTask.access$600(AsyncTask.java:177)
  05-12 02:49:44.563: E/AndroidRuntime(19288):    at android.os.AsyncTask$InternalHandler.handleMessage(AsyncTask.java:644)
  05-12 02:49:44.563: E/AndroidRuntime(19288):    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
  05-12 02:49:44.563: E/AndroidRuntime(19288):    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
  05-12 02:49:44.563: E/AndroidRuntime(19288):    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4918)
  05-12 02:49:44.563: E/AndroidRuntime(19288):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
  05-12 02:49:44.563: E/AndroidRuntime(19288):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
  05-12 02:49:44.563: E/AndroidRuntime(19288):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1004)
  05-12 02:49:44.563: E/AndroidRuntime(19288):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:771)
  05-12 02:49:44.563: E/AndroidRuntime(19288):    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This is what I should be getting back and dealing with via the server</p>
  
  <pre><code>["Categories",[[{"id":"2","name":"Glass Repair"},{"id":"3","name":"Appliance Repair"},{"id":"4","name":"Air Conditioning"},{"id":"5","name":"Community Involvement"},{"id":"6","name":"Electrical"},{"id":"7","name":"Flooring"},{"id":"8","name":"Heating Repair"},{"id":"9","name":"Landscaping"},{"id":"10","name":"Plumbing"},{"id":"11","name":"Remodeling\/Renovation"},{"id":"12","name":"Window Coverings"}]]]
  </code></pre>