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Android Build a Weather App (2015) Networking Introducing OkHttp

Liliana Barrios
Liliana Barrios
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Posted by Liliana Barrios
Liliana Barrios
6,762 Points

OkHttp

is OkHttp still recommended as http library? or is there already a better solution?

2 Answers

jenyufu
jenyufu
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jenyufu
jenyufu
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It depends on what you need in your app, for this app, OkHttp is still the recommended library. A lot of developers still use OkHttp because it is lightweight and gets the job done.

Ron Fisher
Ron Fisher
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Ron Fisher
Ron Fisher
5,752 Points

Liliana,

I'm not the expert but everything I read points to Volley or Retrofit. Here is the best article I've found on the subject, however it is almost 2 years old and we all know how fast technology changes. I just haven't been able to locate anything any better.

http://instructure.github.io/blog/2013/12/09/volley-vs-retrofit/

Good luck!

Ron