I've got AutoValue (and the android-apt plugin) working in a project, and I'm aware of Ryan Harter's gson extension for AutoValue, but how do I hook Retrofit 2 up to use the extension and factory method on the abstract class?
String grantType = "password";
Call<SignIn> signInCall = retrofitApi.signIn(email, password, grantType);
signInCall.enqueue(callback);
eg here I would like to use AutoValue with the SignIn JSON model object to enforce immutability but how do I hook up Retrofit (or perhaps more specifically Gson) to the immutable, AutoValue model class?
[update] The library have changed a bit, check more here: https://github.com/rharter/auto-value-gson
I was able to make it work like this. I hope it will help you.
Import in your gradle app file
apt 'com.ryanharter.auto.value:auto-value-gson:0.3.1'
Create object with autovalue:
@AutoValue public abstract class SignIn {
@SerializedName("signin_token") public abstract String signinToken();
@SerializedName("user") public abstract Profile profile();
public static TypeAdapter<SignIn> typeAdapter(Gson gson) {
return new AutoValue_SignIn.GsonTypeAdapter(gson);
}
}
Create your Type Adapter Factory (Skip if using version > 0.3.0)
public class AutoValueGsonTypeAdapterFactory implements TypeAdapterFactory {
public <T> TypeAdapter<T> create(Gson gson, TypeToken<T> type) {
Class<? super T> rawType = type.getRawType();
if (rawType.equals(SignIn.class)) {
return (TypeAdapter<T>) SignIn.typeAdapter(gson);
}
return null;
}
}
Create your Gson converter with your GsonBuilder
GsonConverterFactory gsonConverterFactory = GsonConverterFactory.create(
new GsonBuilder()
.registerTypeAdapterFactory(new AutoValueGsonTypeAdapterFactory())
.create());
Add it to your retrofit builder
Retrofit retrofit = new Retrofit
.Builder()
.addConverterFactory(gsonConverterFactory)
.baseUrl("http://url.com/")
.build()
Do your request
- Enjoy
Bonus live template:
In your autovalue class, type avtypeadapter then autocomplete to generate the type adapter code. To work you need to add this as a live template in Android Studio.
public static TypeAdapter<$class$> typeAdapter(Gson gson) {
return new AutoValue_$class$.GsonTypeAdapter(gson);
}
How to create and use the live template.
Here's a Gist by Jake Wharton for a Gson TypeAdapterFactory that just requires you add an annotation to all of your AutoValue classes that require working with Gson
https://gist.github.com/JakeWharton/0d67d01badcee0ae7bc9
Works great for me.
Here's some proguard help too..
-keep class **.AutoValue_*
-keepnames @yourpackage.AutoGson class *