Migrate from Retrofit to KTOR
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@Frank1234 is already working on this.
Since Jan 19, 2026.
enhancement
- Dominant language
- Kotlin
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- Forks
- 3
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Description
Why?
- Ktor is multiplatform and more modern
- Ktor uses suspend functions by default
How
Was already implemented in a project that was based on this template, so could be a nice inspiration.
Fully working, but was not merged because it was tied in with the use of OpenApi-generator, which did not work out and was a blocker
https://github.com/Q42/Museumvereniging.Android/tree/openapi-generator
You may ask @ninovanhooff if you don't have access to the link above
Ktorfit
Since we currently use Retrofit, Ktorfit might fit well within our architecture
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