Technologies

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Retrofit is a type-safe HTTP client for Android and Java. It is a library that makes it easy to work with APIs in client-server applications. Its task is to simplify the interaction of your application with external services. For example, with social networks, advertising services, and cloud storage.

Two reasons to use Retrofit for your project
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Easier and safer

The Retrofit REST client significantly reduces the amount of code required to set up interaction with external services and ensures data protection at every stage. The library will be useful for organizing the receipt, transformation, and display of data. Plus, your developers will have default settings that can be flexibly changed according to the project tasks.

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For all inquiries

With Retrofit, it's equally easy to organize different types of interactions. In addition to the basic Get to get information, you can simply set up Post, Put, Patch, Delete, and others. You can add query parameters and complex combinations of them to the URL, set up synchronous and asynchronous calls, and much more. Converting API interfaces to callable objects makes it easier and faster to organize interaction, saving development resources.

Conclusion

Retrofit is a very useful library for client-server applications on Android. This is a small but important addition that includes a set of ready-made solutions for all low-level networking tasks.

Retrofit is not the only library of this kind. Your developers can choose any other one if they are used to working with it, or even implement everything manually. In the latter case, developing projects even with a small number of interactions with external services will take much longer. Retrofit is the most popular solution and the de facto standard of Android development. It is simple and convenient, speeds up development, and improves the stability and performance of the finished application.