Importing a non-Spine json file that has a top level array (and thus starts with a square bracket) causes an error in Unity:
Failed to read 'helloworld'. Extension is '.json' but content looks like binary 'skel.bytes' file.
Did you choose the wrong extension upon export?
UnityEngine.Debug:LogError (object,UnityEngine.Object)
Spine.Unity.Editor.AssetUtility:ImportSpineContent (string[],System.Collections.Generic.List1<string>,bool) (at Packages/com.esotericsoftware.spine.spine-unity/Editor/spine-unity/Editor/Utility/AssetUtility.cs:295)
Spine.Unity.Editor.AssetUtility:HandleOnPostprocessAllAssets (string[],System.Collections.Generic.List1<string>) (at Packages/com.esotericsoftware.spine.spine-unity/Editor/spine-unity/Editor/Utility/AssetUtility.cs:113)
Spine.Unity.Editor.SpineEditorUtilities😮nPostprocessAllAssets (string[],string[],string[],string[]) (at Packages/com.esotericsoftware.spine.spine-unity/Editor/spine-unity/Editor/Utility/SpineEditorUtilities.cs:98)
UnityEditor.AssetPostprocessingInternal😛ostprocessAllAssets (string[],string[],string[],string[],string[]) (at /Users/bokken/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/AssetPostprocessor.cs:165)
Expected: Importing a non-Spine json file with a top-level array will not cause the Spine Importer to throw an error.
SkeletonDataCompatibility.IsJsonFile() checks for a curly brace as the only valid opening character for a json file. See
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5034444/can-json-start-with
Move the attached json file to the Resources directory and re-import for a repro.
Tested with: spine-unity-4.0-2021-09-15.unitypackage
