Retrofit is the undisputed best way to consume APIs in Android. As for handling async tasks and callbacks, you’re most probably almost definitely using RxJava or Coroutines. Probably both. So if you do need to use RxJava and Retrofit, here’s how to do it. No… Read More »Using Retrofit with RxJava
ReactiveX, an API for asynchronous programming with observable streams. An API that provides a very beautiful alternative to async tasks. An API that has become core functionality across so many different programming languages and frameworks. RxJava is its implementation for Java, and thus, Android (yes,… Read More »Introduction to RxJava with Observers and Observables
Before the Kotlin era of Android, the development ecosystem was completely different. Not only with the overhaul of a new fresher language to build for the platform with, but with ever evolving libraries as well, some of which have become mainstream in recent years. If… Read More »Android Developer 2020 Skillset – What you need to know to get any job / Android Trends
If you’re feeling lazy, there’s a TLDR at the bottom. It’s a situation we’re all familiar with. We write one feature, it’s working finely. We write another feature, the other one breaks. Often times, we don’t even know it until our users start complaining about… Read More »Unit Testing Android with RxJava and Retrofit
If there’s one thing that had a drastic change in the way I develop apps, it’s learning about Android architecture. Sure, I learned a few libraries in my journey, RxJava, Firebase, Retrofit, and they all helped, but nothing completely changed the way I write code… Read More »Android Architecture for the Simple Mind: MVVM (Model, View, View-Model)