Sending array value as parameter retrofit android

Question

I need to send a parameter as array in retrofit. This is the required key-value:

 "country":["Canada","India"]

Now, when i pass it, It changes the whole array into string. This is how i am passing the value:

"country":"["Canada", "India"]"

The code i am using is here:

ArrayList<String> countriedAplied = new ArrayList<>();

JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject();
try
{
  jsonObject.put("country", countriedAplied);
}

Answer 1

 ArrayList<String> countriedAplied = new ArrayList<>();

        JSONArray jsonArray = new JSONArray();
        JSONObject jsonObject=new JSONObject();

            jsonArray.put(countriedAplied);
        try {
            jsonObject.put("Country",jsonArray);
        } catch (JSONException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

JsonParser jsonParser = new JsonParser();
JsonObject gsonObject = new JsonObject();
gsonObject = (JsonObject) jsonParser.parse(jsonObject.toString());
sendtoDB(gsonObject);