Is it possible to show progress bar when upload image via Retrofit 2?

Question

I'am currently using Retrofit 2 and i want to upload some photo at my server. I know, that older version uses TypedFile class for uploading. And if we want to use progress bar with it we should override writeTo method in TypedFile class.

Is it possible to show progress when using retrofit 2 library?

Answer 1

First of all, you should use Retrofit 2 version equal to or above 2.0 beta2. Second, create new class extends RequestBody:

public class ProgressRequestBody extends RequestBody {
    private File mFile;
    private String mPath;
    private UploadCallbacks mListener;
    private String content_type;

  private static final int DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE = 2048;

    public interface UploadCallbacks {
        void onProgressUpdate(int percentage);
        void onError();
        void onFinish();
    }

Take note, I added content type so it can accommodate other types aside image

public ProgressRequestBody(final File file, String content_type,  final  UploadCallbacks listener) {
    this.content_type = content_type;
    mFile = file;
    mListener = listener;            
}



@Override
    public MediaType contentType() {
        return MediaType.parse(content_type+"/*");
    }

@Override
public long contentLength() throws IOException {
  return mFile.length();
}

@Override
public void writeTo(BufferedSink sink) throws IOException {
    long fileLength = mFile.length();
    byte[] buffer = new byte[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE];
    FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream(mFile);
    long uploaded = 0;

try {
            int read;
            Handler handler = new Handler(Looper.getMainLooper());
            while ((read = in.read(buffer)) != -1) {

            // update progress on UI thread
                handler.post(new ProgressUpdater(uploaded, fileLength));

                uploaded += read;
                sink.write(buffer, 0, read);
            }
        } finally {
            in.close();
        }
}

private class ProgressUpdater implements Runnable {
        private long mUploaded;
        private long mTotal;
        public ProgressUpdater(long uploaded, long total) {
            mUploaded = uploaded;
            mTotal = total;
        }

        @Override
        public void run() {
            mListener.onProgressUpdate((int)(100 * mUploaded / mTotal));            
        }
    }
}

Third, create the interface

@Multipart
    @POST("/upload")        
    Call<JsonObject> uploadImage(@Part MultipartBody.Part file);

/* JsonObject above can be replace with you own model, just want to make this notable. */

Now you can get progress of your upload. In your activity (or fragment):

class MyActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements ProgressRequestBody.UploadCallbacks {

        ProgressBar progressBar;

        @Override
        protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
            super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

            progressBar = findViewById(R.id.progressBar);

            ProgressRequestBody fileBody = new ProgressRequestBody(file, this);
            MultipartBody.Part filePart = 

            MultipartBody.Part.createFormData("image", file.getName(), fileBody);

            Call<JsonObject> request = RetrofitClient.uploadImage(filepart);

             request.enqueue(new Callback<JsonObject>() {
             @Override
             public void onResponse(Call<JsonObject> call,   Response<JsonObject> response) {
                if(response.isSuccessful()){
                /* Here we can equally assume the file has been downloaded successfully because for some reasons the onFinish method might not be called, I have tested it myself and it really not consistent, but the onProgressUpdate is efficient and we can use that to update our progress on the UIThread, and we can then set our progress to 100% right here because the file already downloaded finish. */
                  }
            }

            @Override
            public void onFailure(Call<JsonObject> call, Throwable t) {
                      /* we can also stop our progress update here, although I have not check if the onError is being called when the file could not be downloaded, so I will just use this as a backup plan just in case the onError did not get called. So I can stop the progress right here. */
            }
        });

      }

        @Override
        public void onProgressUpdate(int percentage) {
            // set current progress
            progressBar.setProgress(percentage);
        }

        @Override
        public void onError() {
            // do something on error
        }

        @Override
        public void onFinish() {
            // do something on upload finished,
            // for example, start next uploading at a queue
            progressBar.setProgress(100);
        }

}