diff --git a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/JSArray.java b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/JSArray.java
index 3e2495bde..a5fe0f8b3 100644
--- a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/JSArray.java
+++ b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/JSArray.java
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ public JSArray() {
     super();
   }
 
+  public JSArray(String json) throws JSONException {
+    super(json);
+  }
+
   public JSArray(Collection copyFrom) {
     super(copyFrom);
   }