Using RxJava with Retrofit to boost your mobile app performance - Peerbits

Utilizing Retrofit with RxJava to enhance mobile app performance

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1 Introductory Talk about RxJava & Retrofit including current trend & scenario.

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Understanding the functioning of RxJava

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3 Understanding RxJava  

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Understanding the use of Observable.just()

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java.util.Arrays; java.util.List; rx.Observable; class RxJavaExample { public static void main(String[] args) { List list = Arrays.asList("Android", "Ubuntu", "Mac OS"); Observable> listObservable = Observable.just(list); listObservable.subscribe(new Observer>() { @Override public void onCompleted() {} @Override public void onError(Throwable e) {} @Override public void onNext(List list) { System.out.println(list); } }); } }

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4 Retrofit Model to make it work with RxJava 

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static T createRetrofitService(final Class class, final String endPoint) { final RestAdapter restAdapter = new RestAdapter.Builder() .setEndpoint(endPoint) .build(); T service = restAdapter.create(clazz); return service; }

The Github REST API gives you back the accompanying JSON. You can attempt it yourself! {

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"login": "LinkedIn", "blog": "http://engineering.linkedin.com", "public_repos": 73, //...truncated JSON

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public class Github { private String login; private String blog; private int public_repos; public String getLogin() { return login; } public String getBlog() { return blog; } public int getPublicRepos() { return public_repos; } }

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5 Comparing Retrofit with Google Volley

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6 CONCLUSION 

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