Retrofit not working on specific versions of android

Question

I have a problem with Retrofit on my emulator running Android 4.3 and my device is on Android 4.4.2 while the same code runs normally on another emulator with Android 7.1.1<

Answer 1

Android prior to 21 has some missing SSL and Retrofit wont work. Using google services you can update the device protocols after that the HTTP request will work

    //compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:11.0.0'
     //remember to add the library in your dependencies

        //compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:$currentVersion'

        ProviderInstaller.installIfNeededAsync(this, new ProviderInstallListener() {

            @Override

            public void onProviderInstalled() {

                //Do your http request here

            }


            @Override

            public void onProviderInstallFailed(int errorCode, Intent recoveryIntent) {

                //sad face :C is sad

            }

        });