title: HashMap cannot be cast to java.lang.string
body: <p>I am trying to get values from a list view. The list view is set by an array list of hashmap type. So , if I am trying to get the values in a string I get the error <code>HashMap cannot be cast to java.lang.string</code></p>
  
  <p>details1.java</p>
  
  <pre><code>package com.example.festipedia_logo;
  
  import java.util.ArrayList;
  import java.util.HashMap;
  import java.util.List;
  
  import org.apache.http.NameValuePair;
  import org.apache.http.message.BasicNameValuePair;
  import org.json.JSONArray;
  import org.json.JSONException;
  import org.json.JSONObject;
  
  import com.actionbarsherlock.app.SherlockFragment;
  import com.actionbarsherlock.app.SherlockListFragment;
  //import com.example.festipedia_logo.Searchpage.LoadAllProducts;
  
  
  //import com.example.connection.disp;
  
  import android.app.Activity;
  import android.app.Fragment;
  import android.app.ListActivity;
  import android.app.ProgressDialog;
  import android.content.Intent;
  import android.os.AsyncTask;
  import android.os.Bundle;
  import android.support.v4.app.FragmentTransaction;
  import android.util.Log;
  import android.view.LayoutInflater;
  import android.view.View;
  import android.view.ViewGroup;
  import android.widget.AdapterView;
  import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemClickListener;
  import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
  import android.widget.Button;
  import android.widget.EditText;
  import android.widget.ListAdapter;
  import android.widget.ListView;
  import android.widget.SimpleAdapter;
  import android.widget.Spinner;
  import android.widget.TextView;
  import android.widget.Toast;
  
  public class details1 extends SherlockFragment {
      ArrayAdapter&lt;String&gt; adapter;
      String[] city;
      // Progress Dialog
      private ProgressDialog pDialog;
  
      // Creating JSON Parser object
      JSONParser jParser = new JSONParser();
  EditText b;
      ArrayList&lt;HashMap&lt;String, String&gt;&gt; productsList;
  
      // url to get all products list
      private static String url_all_products = "http://192.168.43.77/festipedia/get_all_products.php";
  Button a;
  
      // JSON Node names
      private static final String TAG_SUCCESS = "success";
      private static final String TAG_PRODUCTS = "products";
      private static final String TAG_NAME = "eventname";
  
      // products JSONArray
      JSONArray products = null;
  ListView l;
  Spinner spinner;
      @Override
      public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
              Bundle savedInstanceState) {
          super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
          //setContentView(R.layout.second);
          View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.home2, container, false);
  
      //  setContentView(R.layout.all_products);
          l = (ListView) rootView.findViewById(R.id.list);
  
          // Hashmap for ListView
          productsList = new ArrayList&lt;HashMap&lt;String, String&gt;&gt;();
          new LoadAllProducts().execute();
          l.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
              @Override
              public void onItemClick(AdapterView&lt;?&gt; parent, View view,
                      int position, long id) {
                  // Do something   
                  //  String  itemValue    = (String) l.getItemAtPosition(position);
                   // Intent intent = new Intent(getActivity().getBaseContext(),
                   //           MainActivity.class);
                     // intent.putExtra("message", itemValue);
                   //   getActivity().startActivity(intent);
  
                 //     Bundle args = new Bundle();
               //       args.putString("doctor_id",itemValue);    
             //         details1 newFragment = new details1 ();
            //          newFragment.setArguments(args);
                  //String str = ((TextView)childView).getText().toString();
  
                         //MainActivity ob=new MainActivity();
                        // ListView Clicked item index
                        int itemPosition     = position;
  
                        // ListView Clicked item value
                        String  itemValue    = (String) l.getItemAtPosition(position);  
                  final FragmentTransaction ft = getFragmentManager().beginTransaction(); 
                      ft.replace(R.id.content_frame,new SlidetabTesting(itemValue) , "Fest Content"); 
                      ft.commit();
              }
  
          });
  
          return rootView;
                      }
  
      /**
       * Background Async Task to Load all product by making HTTP Request
       * */
      class LoadAllProducts extends AsyncTask&lt;String, String, String&gt; {
  
          @Override
          protected void onPreExecute() {
              super.onPreExecute();
  
              pDialog = new ProgressDialog(getActivity());
              pDialog.setMessage("Loading products. Please wait...");
              pDialog.setIndeterminate(false);
              pDialog.setCancelable(false);
              pDialog.show();
          }
  
          /**
           * getting All products from url
           * */
          protected String doInBackground(String... args) {
              // Building Parameters
              List&lt;NameValuePair&gt; params = new ArrayList&lt;NameValuePair&gt;();
  
  
              // getting JSON string from URL
              JSONObject json = jParser.makeHttpRequest(url_all_products, "GET", params);
  
          //  Log.d("All Products: ", json.toString());
  
              try {
                  // Checking for SUCCESS TAG
                  int success = json.getInt(TAG_SUCCESS);
  
                  if (success == 1) {
                      // products found
                      // Getting Array of Products
                      products = json.getJSONArray(TAG_PRODUCTS);
  
                      // looping through All Products
                      for (int i = 0; i &lt; products.length(); i++) {
                          JSONObject c = products.getJSONObject(i);
  
                          // Storing each json item in variable
  
                          String name = c.getString(TAG_NAME);
  
                          //l.setFilterText(id);
                          // creating new HashMap
                          HashMap&lt;String, String&gt; map = new HashMap&lt;String, String&gt;();
  
                          // adding each child node to HashMap key =&gt; value
                          map.put(TAG_NAME, name);
  
                          // adding HashList to ArrayList
                          productsList.add(map);
                      }
                  } else {
                      // no products found
                      // Launch Add New product Activity
                  }
              } catch (JSONException e) {
                  e.printStackTrace();
              }
  
              return null;
          }
  
          /**
           * After completing background task Dismiss the progress dialog
           * **/
          protected void onPostExecute(String file_url) {
              // dismiss the dialog after getting all products
              pDialog.dismiss();
              // updating UI from Background Thread
              getActivity().runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
                  public void run() {
                      /**
                       * Updating parsed JSON data into ListView
                       * */
                      ListAdapter adapter = new SimpleAdapter(
                              getActivity(), productsList,
                              R.layout.list_item, new String[] {
                                      TAG_NAME},
                              new int[] {  R.id.name });
                      // updating listview
                      l.setAdapter(adapter);
                  }
              });
  
  
          }
  
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>LOGCAT</p>
  
  <pre><code>03-30 20:03:43.341: E/ViewRootImpl(8395): sendUserActionEvent() mView == null
  03-30 20:03:47.111: E/ViewRootImpl(8395): sendUserActionEvent() mView == null
  03-30 20:03:49.416: E/AndroidRuntime(8395): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
  03-30 20:03:49.416: E/AndroidRuntime(8395): Process: com.example.festipedia_logo, PID: 8395
  03-30 20:03:49.416: E/AndroidRuntime(8395): java.lang.ClassCastException: java.util.HashMap cannot be cast to java.lang.String
  03-30 20:03:49.416: E/AndroidRuntime(8395):     at com.example.festipedia_logo.details1$1.onItemClick(details1.java:103)
  03-30 20:03:49.416: E/AndroidRuntime(8395):     at android.widget.AdapterView.performItemClick(AdapterView.java:308)
  03-30 20:03:49.416: E/AndroidRuntime(8395):     at android.widget.AbsListView.performItemClick(AbsListView.java:1483)
  03-30 20:03:49.416: E/AndroidRuntime(8395):     at android.widget.AbsListView$PerformClick.run(AbsListView.java:3485)
  03-30 20:03:49.416: E/AndroidRuntime(8395):     at android.widget.AbsListView$3.run(AbsListView.java:4843)
  03-30 20:03:49.416: E/AndroidRuntime(8395):     at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:733)
  03-30 20:03:49.416: E/AndroidRuntime(8395):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
  03-30 20:03:49.416: E/AndroidRuntime(8395):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:157)
  03-30 20:03:49.416: E/AndroidRuntime(8395):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5356)
  03-30 20:03:49.416: E/AndroidRuntime(8395):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
  03-30 20:03:49.416: E/AndroidRuntime(8395):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
  03-30 20:03:49.416: E/AndroidRuntime(8395):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1265)
  03-30 20:03:49.416: E/AndroidRuntime(8395):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1081)
  03-30 20:03:49.416: E/AndroidRuntime(8395):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is there any way by which I will be able to retrieve values</p>