You could have used single characters to represent the cell content (like: "p" for player; " " for empty cells; "s" for spaces; "x" for solidblocks; and "b" for breakbricks Then code the grid as follows:
This is easy enough to iterate through to prepare the layout of the world and, as an added benefit, displays in the editor like the layout.
String[] grid =
{
"psb ",
"sx x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x ",
"b ",
" x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x ",
" ",
" x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x ",
" ",
" x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x ",
" ",
" x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x ",
" ",
" x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x ",
" ",
" x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x ",
" ",
" x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x ",
" ",
" x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x ",
" ",
" x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x ",
" ",
" x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x ",
" "
};
