Lesson 11: Connect to the internet

1. What are the two key things Retrofit needs to build a web services API?

   The base URI for the web service, and a GET query.

   The base URI for the web service, and a converter factory.

   A network connection to the web service, and an authorization token.

   A converter factory, and a parser for the response.

2. What is the purpose of the Moshi library?

   To get data back from a web service.

   To interact with Retrofit to make a web service request.

   To parse a JSON response from a web service into Kotlin data objects.

   To rename Kotlin objects to match the keys in the JSON response.

3. Which Glide method do you use to indicate the ImageView that will contain the loaded image?

   into()

   with()

   imageview()

   apply()

4. How do you specify a placeholder image to show when Glide is loading?

   Use the into() method with a drawable.

   Use RequestOptions() and call the placeholder() method with a drawable.

   Assign the Glide.placeholder property to a drawable.

   Use RequestOptions() and call the loadingImage() method with a drawable.

5. How do you add a query option to a REST web service call in Retrofit?

   Append the query to the end of the request URL.

   Add a parameter for the query to the function that makes the request, and annotate that parameter with @Query.

   Use the Query class to build a request.

   Use the addQuery() method in the Retrofit builder.

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