How to use NSJSONSerialization

This is my code for checking if the received json is an array or dictionary:

NSError *jsonError = nil;
id jsonObject = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:jsonData options:kNilOptions error:&jsonError];

if ([jsonObject isKindOfClass:[NSArray class]]) {
    NSLog(@"its an array!");
    NSArray *jsonArray = (NSArray *)jsonObject;
    NSLog(@"jsonArray - %@",jsonArray);
}
else {
    NSLog(@"its probably a dictionary");
    NSDictionary *jsonDictionary = (NSDictionary *)jsonObject;
    NSLog(@"jsonDictionary - %@",jsonDictionary);
}

I have tried this for options:kNilOptions and NSJSONReadingMutableContainers and works correctly for both.

Obviously, the actual code cannot be this way where I create the NSArray or NSDictionary pointer within the if-else block.

Your root json object is not a dictionary but an array:

[{"id": "1", "name":"Aaa"}, {"id": "2", "name":"Bbb"}]

This might give you a clear picture of how to handle it:

NSError *e = nil;
NSArray *jsonArray = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData: data options: NSJSONReadingMutableContainers error: &e];

if (!jsonArray) {
  NSLog(@"Error parsing JSON: %@", e);
} else {
   for(NSDictionary *item in jsonArray) {
      NSLog(@"Item: %@", item);
   }
}