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Android Development: Retrofit with Kotlin

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Overview

Find out how to use Retrofit with idiomatic Kotlin code that you can apply directly to your Android app.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Leveraging APIs in your Android app with Retrofit
  • What you should know
1. Understanding APIs and Their Uses
  • REST APIs and how Android apps use them
  • HTTP methods and how Retrofit uses them in your Android app
  • HTTP methods for reading data with an API
  • HTTP methods for writing data with an API
  • Using and translating API data in your Android app
2. Concurrency with Coroutines
  • Why we need concurrency with networking
  • What are coroutines and how do they help with networking?
  • Using coroutines in your Android app
3. Get Started with Retrofit
  • Understand the starter code for the Android Retrofit project
  • Include the Retrofit library in an Android app
  • Define Kotlin data models for API objects
  • Implement a Retrofit API interface
4. Retrieving Data with Retrofit
  • Retrieve data with Retrofit in an Android app
  • Chain API calls with Retrofit
  • Handle failed requests within the coroutine
  • Use query parameters with Retrofit
  • Making requests without coroutines
5. Send Data and Authenticate
  • Make a PUT request
  • Make a PATCH request
  • Make a POST and DELETE request
  • Handling authentication in APIs
6. Advanced Configuration Options
  • Change the names of properties
  • Customize the data converter
  • Form URL encoding
  • Use ProGuard with Retrofit
Conclusion
  • Next steps with Retrofit on Android

Taught by

Rahul Pandey

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