Is there any support for making network request wi...

# multiplatform

[rkeazor]

Is there any support for making network request with a multiplatform kotlin project

[Sam]

Not built in. You would have to use an expect/actual class to make your network call and then use each platform’s method for making the network call.

[agrosner]

What's nice is retrofit uses interfaces. So you in theory could use interface in common code that you only implement in iOS or js land

[josephivie]

I'm working on one, but it's not done yet.
If you don't need it immediately, I should be done with it by this weekend.

[albertgao]

@agrosner Good idea. But retrofit like room, you need to use decorators, then it will pollute your model layer. So, any ideas for solving this? Extending the existing interface from common and decorate it in android? 🙂 I have my cross platform get() and post(), but thinking of using retrofit.

[agrosner]

that might be valid. keeps the annotations away from other platforms. you can expect interface from common and actual it with decoration (i think thats possible)

[agrosner]

what we need is a cross platform networking library, then retrofit's need is less when you use interface and implementation. rather than implementing each platform version differently

[napperley]

In order for that to happen the solution would need to be written in Kotlin end to end (all platforms).

[agrosner]

Yes and either support full reflection or kapt