Piye carane nangani jaringan ing Android?

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Aplikasi Android asring komunikasi karo **APIs** nèng jaringan. Pendekatan standar nggunakake perpustakaan kaya **Retrofit** (REST client) lan **OkHttp**, karo coroutines kanggo async, lan JSON parsing — nangani network calls kanthi resik lan bener mawa mati saka main thread.

## Retrofit — REST client standar

```kotlin
// define the API as an interface; Retrofit implements it
interface ApiService {
  @GET("users/{id}")
  suspend fun getUser(@Path("id") id: Int): User    // suspend → coroutine async

@POST("users")
  suspend fun createUser(@Body user: User): User
}

// build Retrofit and use it
val api = Retrofit.Builder()
  .baseUrl("https://api.example.com/")
  .addConverterFactory(GsonConverterFactory.create())   // JSON parsing
  .build()
  .create(ApiService::class.java)

// call it from a coroutine (off the main thread)
viewModelScope.launch {
  val user = api.getUser(42)      // async, clean, returns a parsed User object
}
```

Retrofit ngganti REST API dadi interface Kotlin sing resik; karo coroutines, calls asynchronous lan katon urut; converters nangani JSON↔object parsing.

## Konsep utama lan best practices

```text
✓ Run network calls OFF the main thread (coroutines + Dispatchers.IO) — never block UI
✓ OkHttp (under Retrofit) → interceptors (auth headers, logging), timeouts, caching
✓ JSON parsing → Gson / Moshi / kotlinx.serialization (response ↔ data classes)
✓ HANDLE ERRORS — network failures, non-2xx responses, timeouts → graceful UI feedback
✓ Repository pattern → abstract networking behind a clean interface (testable, organized)
✓ Show loading/error/success STATES (with ViewModel + observable state)
✓ INTERNET permission in the manifest
```

## Kenapa iki penting

Pamahaman tentang jaringan ing Android penting banget amarga **akeh-akehe aplikasi komunikasi karo backends** — ngambil lan ngirim data nèng jaringan minangka kabutuhan sing meh universal, dadi iku wajib-wajib keweruhan praktis.

Aplikasi terus-terusan nggawe API calls (ngambil data, ngirim formulir, autentikasi), lan Android duwe pendekatan standar lan mateng. **Retrofit** (REST client standar) minangka pusat: ngganti REST API dadi interface Kotlin **sing resik**, lan digabung karo **coroutines** (nggawe calls async lan katon urut) lan **converters** (nangani JSON-to-object parsing), mula melu nyedhiyakake cara resik lan produktif kanggo nggawe network calls — pemahamane penting banget kanggo Android networking modern.

Pamahaman **konsep utama lan best practices** iku penting: njalanin network calls **mawa mati saka main thread** (via coroutines lan Dispatchers.IO, ora nglangi UI — syarat fundamental, amarga nglangi nyebabake ANR), nggunakake fitur **OkHttp** (interceptors kanggo auth headers lan logging, timeouts, caching), **JSON parsing** dadi data classes (via Gson, Moshi, utawa kotlinx.serialization), **nangani errors** kanthi graceful (jaringan gagal, non-2xx responses, timeouts — nyedhiyakake UI feedback, amarga network calls asring gagal), nggunakake **repository pattern** (abstraksine jaringan iburi interface resik lan testable), nampilne **loading/error/success states**, lan nyatakne **internet permission**.

Kayen iki nggambarakne nggawe robust, well-architected networking tinimbang calls ad-hoc sing rapuh.

Sebab akeh-akehe Android apps komunikasi karo APIs (kabutuhan sing meh universal) lan nggawe kanthi bener (Retrofit + coroutines, mawa mati saka main thread, karo JSON parsing bener, error handling, lan arsitektur) iku penting kanggo aplikasi functional, robust, lan amarga paamahame alat standar lan praktik iku perlu kanggo kapabilitas inti iki, paamahame jaringan ing Android iku penting, keweruhan praktis sing asring diaplikaske — skill fundamental sing dibutuhake ing meh kabeh real Android app sing komunikasi karo backend, pusat nggawe aplikasi sing reliably ngambil lan nampilne real data.