In a previous tutorial we've shown you the basics of Glide caches. In this tutorial we'll explain in more detail what the disk cache settings entail and how it can effect your loading times. Notice — September 20th 2017 Glide has released a 4.x version. We've updated this tutorial accordingly. …

Google highly recommends to use ProGuard for release builds which get distributed via Google Play. We’ll guide you through the basic setup of ProGuard and show you how to configure Glide in the phase of release preparation. First, let’s get a wrap up about ProGuard and afterwards we …

In this blog post, we'll combine the knowledge of two previous blog posts in one practical use case. You've learned how we can write custom deserializer and how you can annotate model classes with @JsonAdapter. In the next few sections, we'll use those to build a custom deserializer, which correctly …

After reading a full-blown introduction to Picasso in the previous tutorials we're moving to an easier topic. At the beginning of this series we've worked through the example of a gallery kind-of app full with images. But what if the image is just a small part of the list element? …

In the past 30+ blog posts we've shown you almost every little detail about Gson. It's time to take a step back and look at the big picture. In this blog post, we'll go through some common mistakes & issues you'll run into when using Gson in your production apps. …

We've already written two blog posts about Retrofit 2 converters. In almost all cases, the standard converters and their customizations are sufficient to transform your app's data. If you have some special format or some other specific needs, you might need to implement your own custom converter. In this blog …

In the previous Gson blog post, we've introduced how you can change the (de)serialization naming of a model property. If your server expects (or sends) properties with a different name, you can use @SerializedName to work around the difference. In this blog post, we'll show you how you can …

The APIs you've to integrate into your applications will evolve over time. Usually you can simply update your models to the newer version, but this is not always possible. If your application has to deal with multiple versions of the same model, this is the perfect tutorial for you. You'll …