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Desmond
Desmond

Reputation: 5

Android : Step for Android connect to Laravel API

I am new in programming. And I would like to ask what is the step to connect Laravel API. Let say I want to build an Android App and I want to connect to the backend that is Laravel but the point is, the backend is not created by me it is created by other developer and I'm totally don't understand in PHP.

So in this situation, what is the step or how to do Android connect with the Laravel?

PS: I have already saw some sample from other article, but the tutorial mostly are build the both Laravel and Android at the same time. So that is quite not same with my situation...

So Hope I can find out the answer from here. Thanks in advance

Upvotes: 0

Views: 5921

Answers (2)

arttioz
arttioz

Reputation: 265

You can use Retrofit for creating calling API service in your android application. This is a very good tutorial: https://www.journaldev.com/13639/retrofit-android-example-tutorial.

For Laravel API, you can follow tutorial: https://www.toptal.com/laravel/restful-laravel-api-tutorial.

Upvotes: 1

Spherical Flying Kat
Spherical Flying Kat

Reputation: 91

The very first step to interacting with a remote REST API is to have an understanding of what the expected request and response data is. This can typically be found in the documentation of the REST API you're trying to access. In this case, since it has been created by another developer, you should ask them for the docs.

After you've gotten a decent understanding of the API, you can use one of several HTTP client libraries for Android such as Retrofit to send requests and receive responses from the API.

Note: It is not necessary to understand the API's code, only the REST endpoints and the request/response schema. A good example of API documentation can be found here

Upvotes: 0

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