POST cards to API

[codeguru42]

• dirty flag
• external_id column
• async? as a service?

[codeguru42]

Successfully posted card to api.

To Dos

• Parameterize BASE_URL
• Revisit usesCleartextTraffic
• Retrofit logging - enable only for debug
• Add external_id column and save it from the response
• Posting in a service
• Patching for updates (use dirty flag)
• Testing???

[codeguru42]

Build Variables using buildConfigField: https://rafamatias.medium.com/gradle-android-build-variables-done-right-d0c0e296ee93

When I try to add

        buildConfigField "String" "BASE_URL" "http://10.0.2.2:8000/api/"

to build.gradle, it gives

No signature of method: build_4witj2n6904v9rh151cgl0ygr.android() is applicable for argument types: (build_4witj2n6904v9rh151cgl0ygr$_run_closure2) values: [build_4witj2n6904v9rh151cgl0ygr$_run_closure2@73992a50]

Googling doesn't turn up anything helpful. I posted a question on Stackoverflow: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71813067/no-signature-of-method-is-applicable-for-argument-types

[codeguru42]

RetrofitClient.getInstance() has logic to enable logging for debug build. However, the logging library is still compiled into release build. It would be nice to figure out how to not include the logging library in release.

[codeguru42]

Use WorkManager instead of a service? https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/architecture/workmanager