Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Retrofit is the most popular Android networking library today. This is a recording of my talk at Chicago Roboto diving into the internals of Retrofit: chicagoroboto.com/session/what-you-didnt-know-about-retrofit-with-kotlin

My course on LinkedIn Learning about "Android Development: Retrofit with Kotlin": shorturl.at/hFMR4

Retrofit: square.github.io/retrofit

Hi! I’m Rahul, a software engineer with a passion for teaching. I went to Stanford, was a founding engineer at a startup, and have worked at various companies across Silicon Valley. I’m currently an Android Developer at Facebook and teach an Android class at Stanford. Would love to connect with you! This channel is about tech (especially Silicon Valley), combining tactical how-to guides with interviews.

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Timestamps:
0:00 - intro
3:55 - approach #1 to networking
9:15 - approach #2 to networking
12:59 - approach #3 - retrofit
15:11 - what is retrofit
18:27 - Data converters
25:32 - HTTP client (OkHttp)
30:28 - Coroutines + Retrofit
39:33 - Conclusion