Description
Type-safe HTTP client for Android and Java by Square, Inc.
For more information please see the website.
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Retrofit
A type-safe HTTP client for Android and Java.
For more information please see the website.
Download
Download the latest JAR or grab from Maven central at the coordinates com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit:2.9.0
.
Snapshots of the development version are available in Sonatype's snapshots
repository.
Retrofit requires at minimum Java 8+ or Android API 21+.
R8 / ProGuard
If you are using R8 the shrinking and obfuscation rules are included automatically.
ProGuard users must manually add the options from retrofit2.pro. You might also need rules for OkHttp and Okio which are dependencies of this library.
License
Copyright 2013 Square, Inc.
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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