How to parse nested JSON objects in Spark SQL?

I have a schema as shown below. How can I parse the nested objects?

root
 |-- apps: array (nullable = true)
 |    |-- element: struct (containsNull = true)
 |    |    |-- appName: string (nullable = true)
 |    |    |-- appPackage: string (nullable = true)
 |    |    |-- Ratings: array (nullable = true)
 |    |    |    |-- element: struct (containsNull = true)
 |    |    |    |    |-- date: string (nullable = true)
 |    |    |    |    |-- rating: long (nullable = true)
 |-- id: string (nullable = true)

Assuming you read in a json file and print the schema you are showing us like this:

DataFrame df = sqlContext.read().json("/path/to/file").toDF();
    df.registerTempTable("df");
    df.printSchema();

Then you can select nested objects inside a struct type like so...

DataFrame app = df.select("app");
        app.registerTempTable("app");
        app.printSchema();
        app.show();
DataFrame appName = app.select("element.appName");
        appName.registerTempTable("appName");
        appName.printSchema();
        appName.show();