Android Kotlin Room Type Converter for JSON Array

Question

I know there's a lot of other post regarding type converter, but I am facing a different scenario here. What's different is actually the Json format that I am receiving from my server, and I cant ask them to update their format just so I can fix this issue.

I know Im just missing something or just doing it wrong Here's my sample Json format

[{"name":"John","age":30,"cars":["Ford","BMW","Fiat"]}]

The cars format is not object, but JSON Array, and I kinda want to store it under List format in Kotlin

@Entity(tableName = "person")
data class Person(

    @PrimaryKey
    var name: String,

    var age: Int,

    @SerializedName("cars")
    @TypeConverters(ListTypeConverter::class)
    var cars: Array<Car>

)

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks all

Answer 1

Your POJO it not correct, check below one

   @Entity(tableName = "person")
    data class Person(

        @PrimaryKey
        var name: String,

        var age: Int,

        @SerializedName("cars")
        @TypeConverters(ListTypeConverter::class)
        var cars: Array<String>
    )

cars is a list of String, not Object