Do you already have an Android application or are looking to create a new one that consumes web APIs, then this is the talk for you! This presentation will cover modern best practices on how to consume web APIs using the latest open source libraries. Learn how you can download and parse web APIs with a minimal amount of work, while also getting the benefits of a HTTP cache, gzip support, connection pooling, and SPDY support.
You will learn how to start with an application with no API usage and make use of an OkHttp, GSON, and Retrofit stack. Using this stack, as well as code generators, you will learn how you can parse most web APIs in about five minutes.
Accompanying blog post: http://engineering.meetme.com/2014/03/best-practices-for-consuming-apis-on-android/
To learn more see my blog at: http://wdonahue.com