Android REST Client: best solution?

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helloimyourmind picture helloimyourmind · Jul 2, 2015 · Viewed 10k times · Source

I need to create an application that dialogues with a REST server.

I found that answer: Android REST client, Sample? but it's of 2012.

Is there a tutorial that I can follow (and that you suggest) in order to obtain a little working sample project? Thanks in advance.

Answer

Sebastian Pakieła picture Sebastian Pakieła · Jul 2, 2015

All you need is here. https://square.github.io/retrofit/ Its easy to use and you almost dont have to care about json deserialization

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