FARLA - F4pl0's Awesome Request Library for Android

Features

Lightweight

So it can fit in every project you want, compressed to <50KB

Native

Supports Java and Kotlin

Performance

Only bottleneck is your connection and server location

Simple

Implements in seconds, period

GET, POST, PUT and DELETE Requests

Installation

Add Jitpack.io repository to your build.gradle file:

allprojects {
  repositories {
   ...
   maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
  }
 }

Add FARLA to your dependencies

dependencies {
        implementation 'com.github.F4pl0:FARLA:0.5.0'
  }

Add USES-INTERNET permission to your Android Manifest:

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
   ...
   >
 
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
 
 ...
 
</manifest>

Usage

GET Request (Same for DELETE Request)

new FarlaGetRequest(this)              // For DELETE Request change to FarlaDeleteRequest
                .setURL("https://example.com/get")
                .setListener(new FarlaGetRequest.onGetRequestListener() {
                    @Override
                    public void onSuccess(String response) {
                        //Handle the response
                    }

                    @Override
                    public void onFailure(int error) {
                        //Handle the failure
                    }
                }).execute();

POST Request (Same for PUT Request)

new FarlaPostRequest(this)             // For PUT Request change to FarlaPutRequest
                .setURL("https://example.com/post")
                .setListener(new FarlaPostRequest.onPostRequestListener() {
                    @Override
                    public void onSuccess(String response) {
                        //Handle the response
                    }

                    @Override
                    public void onFailure(int error) {
                        //Handle the failure
                    }
                })
                .addParam("key", "value")
                .execute();

Error Handling

@Override
 public void onFailure(int error) {
  switch(error){
   case Constants.NO_CONNECTION:
    // Insert code for handling NO_CONNECTION
    // Device has no connection to internet
    break;
   
   case Constants.AUTH_FAILURE:
    // Insert code for handling AUTH_FAILURE
    // Server returned 401, request is not authenticated
    // Mabye forgot authentification header?
    break;
    
   case Constants.SERVER_ERROR:
    // Insert code for handling SERVER_ERROR
    // Something happened with the server
    // - Check the server-sided code
    // - Check the input provided to the server via headers or params
    break;
   
   case Constants.NETWORK_ERROR:
    // Insert code for handling NETWORK_ERROR
    // Request got lost somewhere in the dark woods of the internet
    // Mabye network change?
    break;
   
   case Constants.PARSE_ERROR:
    // Insert code for handling PARSE_ERROR
    // - Check URL provided
    // - Check Headers provided
    // - Check params provided
    break;
  }
 }

Headers

You can add headers with .addHeader(String, String) call:

new FarlaPostRequest(this)             // Example
                .setURL("https://example.com/post")
                .addHeader("Content-Type", "multipart/form-data")
                .execute();

NOTE

From Android 9.0+ Google disallows HTTP traffic, only allows secure HTTPS
You will get NO_CONNECTION error on HTTP requests
To allow HTTP Traffic to some servers, you must put them in a network_security_config.xml file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<network-security-config>
    <domain-config cleartextTrafficPermitted="true">
        <domain includeSubdomains="true">f4pl0.github.io</domain>
    </domain-config>
</network-security-config>

And then include it in the Android Manifest:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest ... >
    <application android:networkSecurityConfig="@xml/network_security_config"
                    ... >
        ...
    </application>
</manifest>

And you should be allowed to make HTTP requests to the server listed.

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