Retrying the request using Retrofit 2

Question

How can I add retry functionality to the requests sent by Retrofit 2 library. Something like:

service.listItems().enqueue(new Callback>         


        

Answer 1

I've made custom implementation of the Callback interface, you can pretty much use it in place of original callback. If call is successful, the onResponse() method is called. If after retrying for set amount of repetitions call fails, onFailedAfterRetry() is called.

public abstract class BackoffCallback implements Callback {
private static final int RETRY_COUNT = 3;
/**
 * Base retry delay for exponential backoff, in Milliseconds
 */
private static final double RETRY_DELAY = 300;
private int retryCount = 0;

@Override
public void onFailure(final Call call, Throwable t) {
    retryCount++;
    if (retryCount <= RETRY_COUNT) {
        int expDelay = (int) (RETRY_DELAY * Math.pow(2, Math.max(0, retryCount - 1)));
        new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                retry(call);
            }
        }, expDelay);
    } else {
        onFailedAfterRetry(t);
    }
}

private void retry(Call call) {
    call.clone().enqueue(this);
}

public abstract void onFailedAfterRetry(Throwable t);

}

https://gist.github.com/milechainsaw/811c1b583706da60417ed10d35d2808f