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 …

In our last Retrofit post we've given you an introduction to converters. In this blog post, we want to dive deeper into the most common format: JSON. After demonstrating the integration of the Gson converter, we'll also show you how to customize Gson's mapping rules. If you prefer to catch …

In the past months we've shown you a wide variety of Retrofit features. In this blog post we'll explore a new area: mocking. Specifically, we'll introduce to you techniques to set up mock server responses on the phone. If you want to learn about other Retrofit topics, check our list …

In this blog post, we'll explore a topic which might be very interesting for some of you: low level parsing with Gson. In the past 25+ blog posts, we've reiterated that the best and bug-free way is to use as much automatic mapping as possible. Nevertheless, in some cases, you …