```private suspend inline fun <reified T> encodeParams(value: T): String { return withCont...

# android

[zt]

private suspend inline fun <reified T> encodeParams(value: T): String {
    return withContext(<http://Dispatchers.IO|Dispatchers.IO>) {
        URLEncoder.encode(
            /* s = */ ProtoBuf.encodeToByteArray(value).encodeBase64(),
            /* enc = */ Charsets.UTF_8.name
        )
    }
}

Could I improve this code any further? I wasn't sure if there was something simpler i could use

[Chrimaeon]

I would use Dispatchers.Default to not unnecessarily block the IO dispatcher for non IO operations.

[Chrimaeon]

Also not sure why You need the url encoder if you encode a base 64 string. 🤔

[Chrimaeon]

https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/java/util/Base64#getUrlEncoder()
Will already give you an url encoded string.

[zt]

My min api level is 21, so I would have to add extra logic to use that

[Chrimaeon]

I’d then create a api level switch to not create unnecessary strings on newer phones.

[Chrimaeon]

or as you are on Android there is also android.util.Base64

[Abhishek Sharma]

Not sure about simplicity but if the encoding object is too large, then that might be a performance issue, as that would load the entire object into memory once, maybe stream the protocol buffers encoding to avoid loading the entire object.