[android-developers] OkHttp async calls: AsyncTask or OkHttp async api?

[moby]

Hello,

I am not so familiar with OkHttp library and I have some doubts on how it
should be used for async requests. I was using the android library for *http
*and I was using *asyncTask* for some request.

But since I wanted to try OkHttp library, I faced some "problem" on what is
the correct way it should be used.


Imagine you want to implement async request using OkHttp. I read that
OkHttp have it's own async api (
https://github.com/square/okhttp/blob/master/samples/guide/src/main/java/okhttp3/recipes/AsynchronousGet.java
).


But then I came across this post (
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26114299/squares-okhttp-download-progress)
in which the guy used the "old" asyncTask but with OkHttp request ( I also
found on other forums that people are using AsyncTask with OkHttp).


But OkHttp have its own async api, that's why is confsing for me,why people
continue to use AsyncTask.


*So my questions:*

1. What is the correct way to use async requests with OkHttp?
2. Is it a good practice to use AsyncTask with OkHTTP?
3. How I understood, both , Okhttp async api and AsyncTask can do
similar things. Then waht is the difference? why and in which cases should
I choose one instead of the other?


Thank you!

Cheers

[TreKing]

Post by moby
*So my questions:*
1. What is the correct way to use async requests with OkHttp?
2. Is it a good practice to use AsyncTask with OkHTTP?
3. How I understood, both , Okhttp async api and AsyncTask can do
similar things. Then waht is the difference? why and in which cases should
I choose one instead of the other?

Your questions are probably best suited to StackOverflow with the
appropriate tag, or an OkHTTP group or forum.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago
transit tracking app for Android-powered devices