As you learn to develop Android apps you’ll quickly want to add dynamic and connected features. In this course, Android 8: Getting Started with Retrofit, you’ll learn how to connect your app to Web Services with one of the most popular HTTP clients on Android. Retrofit can empower your app to retrieve or send data to a server, share and connect that data between users, or even implement third party services like stocks or weather. First, you will discover the fundamental concepts and principles behind RESTful Web services, which are a modern standard and a great fit for mobile apps. Next, you’ll step through converting a sample app from managing data right on the local device, before finally managing that data using a Web Service, and many other essential HTTP Tasks. By the end of this course, you should feel comfortable building your own apps that connect to Web Services with Retrofit.
Author Name: Alex Wolf
Author Description:
Alex Wolf works as a .NET and Azure Content Developer at Microsoft, and is passionate about learning and teaching software development. He has over a decade of experience and multiple certifications in the .NET ecosystem and related technologies. He is also highly engaged in DevOps and Cloud technologies to improve development workflows and infrastructure. Alex has worked for companies of nearly every size, ranging from small start-ups to very large enterprises. He also maintains a hobbyist … more

Table of Contents

• Course Overview
  1min
• Getting Started with HTTP on Android
  18mins
• Understanding RESTful Web Services
  30mins
• Creating Your First HTTP Request with Retrofit
  18mins
• Retrieving Data from the Web Service
  22mins
• Sending Data to the Web Service
  22mins
• Exploring Essential HTTP Tasks with Retrofit
  25mins