Something I repeatedly hear from developers is that they switched to Retrofit because its “faster” than Volley. Is this true? Does this statement even make sense? As a matter of fact, Volley is often talked down among developers. Some developers are of the opinion that Google has yet again built, told everyone to use it and abandoned it. Heck, I have read/heard as much from a lot of developers I respect. I can tell you first hand, this is not true and Volley is being maintained. When it comes to libraries in Android development, seems like fanboy-ism is alive and well. Jake Wharton and Square Inc. libraries loom large! This should not be surprisingly to any Android developer. As a matter of fact, if you look at the GitHub awards for Java , it becomes clear that Square and Jake Wharton have arguably done at least as much for Android development as Google, if not more! Volley or Retrofit? I won’t lie to you, I prefer Volley over Retrofit. I do h...
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