Description:

Description

Welcome to Android advanced guide to create a RESTFul API Client app. I have designed this course for those who have some basic knowledge on Android app development. In this course I will show you how you can quickly create an API based app with modern libraries like Retrofit, ButterKnife, and EventBus.

In this course we are going to build a weather forecast app using a service called DarkSky API.

Here is how I structured the course. First I will discuss about the API and the structure of the data. After that I will show you how you can convert raw JSON string into Plain Old Java Objects, which is also known as POJO.

Then I will use Retrofit library to get responses from the server. I will also discuss how you can refactor your code to make it clean. I will  show you how to access & update user interface using ButterKnife library.

When a codebase gets larger, it becomes complex to communicate back and forth between different Android components. I will show you how you can easily avoid this issue in the future using EventBus library, right from the beginning.

Finally I will show you how to update the UI dynamically by using the data from that API server.
Who is the target audience?

   Anyone who wants to improve their Android app development skills
   Anyone who wants to learn how to create an app using a RESTFul Web Service

Requirements

   You should have basic Android app development knowledge
   You should have Android Studio installed in your computer with Internet connection
   You need to create a free Dark Sky Developer account