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Exploring Retrofit

Retrofit offers a clean and intuitive way to interact with web services in Android apps. It simplifies the process of making network requests, parsing responses, and handling errors. Retrofit leverages the power of annotations and interfaces to define the API endpoints, reducing boilerplate code and promoting a concise and readable implementation.

Comparing Retrofit to HttpsUrlConnection

Comparing Retrofit to the native HttpsUrlConnection class highlights its advantages in terms of simplicity, readability, and productivity.

Exposing Retrofit’s Building Blocks

To build a Retrofit instance, you need at least three main parts:

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