Android Networking

Android Networking Standards

Priority: P0

Implementation Guidelines

Libraries

• Client: Retrofit 2 + OkHttp 4.
• Serialization: Kotlinx Serialization (Preferred over Moshi/Gson).
• Format: JSON. Use @SerialName for field mapping.

Best Practices

• Interceptors: Use for Auth Headers (Bearer Token) and Logging (HttpLoggingInterceptor).
• Response Handling: Wrap responses in a Result type (Success/Error/Loading) in Repository/DataSource, NOT in the API interface.
• Threads: API calls must be suspend functions.

Anti-Patterns

• Main Thread: **No Blocking Calls**: Use suspend.
• Logic in API: **No Logic in Interface**: Only definitions.
• Missing Content-Type: **No Raw Factory**: When using kotlinx.serialization, always explicitly specify "application/json" MediaType in your converter factory.

References

• Setup & Wrappers