c# - Firebase Android: Child JSON array not being serialized properly on Android 4.2.2 -

i serializing party object looks this:

public class party {     public long lastping;     public string id;     public int ownerid;     public list<partyplayer> players;     public int status;     public long created;     public long lastserverupdate;     public int balance;     public int size;     public partycharacter character;     public string mmcid; } 

normally, formatted json object (look @ players object, regular object array):

{"id":"key_test","players":[{"character":{"level":9,"visibleitems":[4,0,0],"id":970,"experience":54000,"type":1,"visibleskills":[1,2,3]},"name":"wizard428","lastping":1461555298086,"id":428}]} 

however, when run same code on android 4.2.2, players object not valid json array, instead, array serialized giant string:

{"id":"key_test","players":"[{id=467, lastping=1461555567191, name=dragonfly467, character={id=1049, experience=0, visibleskills=[1, 2, 3], level=1, visibleitems=[4, 0, 0], type=1}}]"} 

here's c# wrapper gets value firebase:

public string stringvalue {          {         androidjavaobject javaobject = getjavaobject ().call<androidjavaobject> ("getvalue");         return javaobject != null ? javaobject.call<string> ("tostring") : string.empty;     } } 

the code i'm using super straight forward , looks this:

public void addorupdateparty(dictionary<string,object> d) {     string dser = jsonconvert.serializeobject (d);     debug.log ("serialized object: " + dser); } 

temporary workaround:

i wrote temporary workaround creating following methods adds double quotes object supposed string make parsable json.net. if you're using this, add string values 3rd line in string array.

class jsoneditor {     public static string recursivequotes(string s) {         string[] stringify = new string[]{ "id","name", "mmcid", "currentmatch"}; // have add search terms because strings can contain int values , impossible identify checking value.         string searchterm = null;         foreach(string check in stringify) {             if (s.contains (check+"=")) { // replace = :, check+= confirmation there untouched strings.                 searchterm = check;             }          }         if (searchterm != null) {             // find search term , value follows it, replace value string quotes              string searcharea = s.split(new string[]{searchterm+"="}, stringsplitoptions.none)[1];             string value = searcharea.split (',') [0];             if(value.contains("}")) {                 value = searcharea.split('}')[0];             }             string replaceterm = searchterm + "=" + value;             string newterm = searchterm + ":\"" + value + "\"";             s = s.replace (replaceterm, newterm);             return recursivequotes (s);         } else {             return s.replace("=",":").replace("\"[", "[").replace("]\"", "]");         }         return s;     } } 

now can do:

jsonconvert.deserializeobject<party> (jsoneditor.recursivequotes(d)); 

thanks!