rxjava: Can I use retry() but with delay?

Question

I am using rxjava in my Android app to handle network requests asynchronously. Now I would like to retry a failed network request only after a certain time has passed.

Answer 1

Now with RxJava version 1.0+ you can use zipWith to achieve retry with delay.

Adding modifications to kjones answer.

Modified

public class RetryWithDelay implements 
                            Func1, Observable> {

    private final int MAX_RETRIES;
    private final int DELAY_DURATION;
    private final int START_RETRY;

    /**
     * Provide number of retries and seconds to be delayed between retry.
     *
     * @param maxRetries             Number of retries.
     * @param delayDurationInSeconds Seconds to be delays in each retry.
     */
    public RetryWithDelay(int maxRetries, int delayDurationInSeconds) {
        MAX_RETRIES = maxRetries;
        DELAY_DURATION = delayDurationInSeconds;
        START_RETRY = 1;
    }

    @Override
    public Observable call(Observable observable) {
        return observable
                .delay(DELAY_DURATION, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
                .zipWith(Observable.range(START_RETRY, MAX_RETRIES), 
                         new Func2() {
                             @Override
                             public Integer call(Throwable throwable, Integer attempt) {
                                  return attempt;
                             }
                         });
    }
}